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This article is part of Football FanCast’s Transfer Focus series, which provides opinion and analysis on recent transfer news…
Tottenham Hotspur have agreed to the broad strokes of a loan agreement to sign Dani Ceballos from Real Madrid, per AS, via Sport Witness.
What’s the word?
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The midfielder, who won the European Under-21 Championships with Spain this summer, is expected to step away from Los Blancos.
Indeed, Real are said to be targeting one of Manchester United’s Paul Pogba or Spurs’ Christian Eriksen this summer, which is likely to push Ceballos even further down the club’s pecking order.
He does not want to leave the club on a permanent basis, however, with Marca reporting that he would rather go out on loan.
And AS, via Sport Witness, now claim that Spurs have agreed to take him on a short-term basis, though they have only agreed to the outline of the deal, “opening negotiations” and yet to decide any official details.
There is no mention of a fee being involved and it appears that there has yet to be any talks with the player himself over possible wages or whether, indeed, he wants to move to north London, indicating that a completed deal is still quite far off.
A win-win
This would work brilliantly well for Spurs.
Ceballos is an immensely talented midfielder with a high ceiling – he has already won six senior caps for Spain at the age of 22 and won the Player of the Tournament award at the European Under-21 Championships in 2017.
He is capable of playing through the middle, on both flanks and in defensive midfield.
However, he has made just 56 appearances for Real and a move to north London, where he could work under Pochettino, would be a win-win.
Firstly, he doesn’t leave Real on a permanent basis and the door remains ajar for him to return and make an impact; secondly, he works under an elite coach who can help him progress as a player and thirdly, Spurs don’t have to pay a massive transfer fee.
The Premier League club have already signed Jack Clarke from Leeds United and Tanguy Ndombele from Lyon.
Adding Ceballos into that mix would make this a very exciting summer indeed for Spurs.
