{"id":1531,"date":"2019-12-31T09:06:59","date_gmt":"2019-12-31T09:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spursforlife.com\/?p=1531"},"modified":"2019-12-31T09:06:59","modified_gmt":"2019-12-31T09:06:59","slug":"spurs-january-swoops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spursforlife.com\/spurs-january-swoops\/","title":{"rendered":"Spurs January Swoops"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>January is a month famous for its sales but in football, it is also known for last ditch attempts at finding the latest club savior or a bargain bucket delight that has slipped through the net.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, it\nis also known for panic buying and more often than not, clubs have gotten it\nwrong more than they have got it right in the mid-season transfer window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019 said,\nthe window should not be ignored and with Mourinho at the helm, this January\ntransfer window is the Portuguese\u2019s first chance at testing Daniel Levy purse\nstrings with some names continuing to pop up in the Spurs rumour mill. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Dayot\nUpamecano<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>RB Leipzig\u2019s\nrise from nothing ten years ago to leading Bundesliga today has been nothing\nshort of remarkable and because of that, plenty of Leipzig stars are being courted\nby the biggest clubs in Europe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of those\nplayers on Tottenham\u2019s radar is defender Dayot Upamecano. The 21-year-old\nFrenchman has been ever present for RB since transferring from RB Salzburg in\n2017 and it is believed the Lilywhites are about to lodge a \u00a350 million bid for\nthe soon to be French star.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Vedat\nMuriqi<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Fenerbache star\nforward Vedat Muriqi has been enjoying a purple patch of late in the Turkish\ntop flight and has netted 10 goals in 17 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Kosovo\ninternational has also netted eight goals in the 23 appearances for his\nnational side and at 25 would be viewed as a useful back up option to Harry\nKane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Nathan\nAke<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>There are faint\nsmatterings f runour going around that Bournemouth defender Nathan Ake is a\ntarget for Mourinho to sure up his leaky defence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The former\nChelsea man has really kicked his career on since joining Bournemouth in 2017 with\nan impressive goal return of seven in 92 in the Premier League from defence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The highly\nrate 24-year-old has also become a Holland regular over the last two years due\nto his performances and a move up the ladder is not far away \u2013 and hopefully to\nSpurs. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>January is a month famous for its sales but in football, it is also known for last ditch attempts at finding the latest club savior <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/spursforlife.com\/spurs-january-swoops\/\" title=\"Spurs January Swoops\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1532,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[185,182,209],"class_list":["post-1531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-premier-league","tag-transfer-gossip","tag-transfer-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.4 - 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