Your morning Tottenham Hotspur digest on Tuesday, December 20.
Romero's Messi message
Tottenham Hotspur star Cristian Romero will be returning to north London a world champion after Argentina beat France 4-2 on penalties after a 3-3 draw was the result from 120 minutes of football.
Romero seems to be well-respected in the Argentina dressing room with Lionel Messi making a huge claim on his impact in the Copa American win in the Netflix documentary Sean Eternos: Campeones de America saying: "Cuti's appearance was extraordinary for us, for the future of the team and for that moment."
The relationship between Messi and Romero is clearly strong and following Argentina's dramatic win on penalties the duo were captured by Teledeporte sharing a heartfelt hug on the pitch, with Romero sending his national team captain an emotional message.
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Amrabat Liverpool transfer battle
In the latter stages of last year's January transfer window Spurs were on the brink of signing Fiorentina's Sofyan Amrabat. The deal eventually fell through although his 2022 World Cup displays for Morocco may see Antonio Conte re-ignite his previous interest.
Multiple reports indicated that Spurs were close to agreeing a £12.5million deal before a major U-turn was made on January's deadline day. However, if Conte was to head back into the January market in the hopes of signing Amrabat he will face competition from a Premier League rival and likely be met with a significantly higher price tag than the fee proposed last January.
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Kulusevski transfer repeat
Rodrigo Bentancur and Dejan Kulusevski were signed from Juventus on last season's January transfer deadline day and both have gone on to have excellent starts to their Tottenham careers.
The former Serie A duo were not getting a significant look in for the Italian giants but have now become crucial first-team players and as the January window approaches, Fabio Paratici could pull of another impressive transfer swoop of a player from his home country currently out of favour.
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