Tottenham are hoping talks for the potential £30m centre-back can replicate the summer deal

Tottenham Hotspur We believe potential negotiations to sign a new centre-back target could emulate one of their summer actions, with Angie PostecoglouOur team is looking for new defense options as we rapidly approach 2025.

Tottenham is preparing to face Liverpool in an exciting match in the English Premier League

Tottenham are heading into their crucial role Premier League Liverpool faced title contenders on a real level, scoring nine goals in their last two games in all competitions, winning two games in a row for the first time since early November.

The Lilywhites beat Southampton 5-0 at St Mary's last weekend, easing the pressure on Postecoglou, then booked their place in the Carabao Cup semi-finals with a thrilling 4-3 win over Manchester United in north London.

However, a very tough test awaits Tottenham, as Liverpool travel to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Arne Slott's side are currently in pole position to win this year's domestic title, and they will look to their chances against an injury-plagued team that is without key players heading into the game. Micky van de Ven, Christian Romero and Ben Davies are all sidelined through injury, meaning Archie Gray is set to feature Radu Dragocin again against Liverpool.

The teenager's performance at centre-back Postecoglou received real plaudits, with the Spurs manager drawing attention to Gray's emphatic outings in his final pre-match press conference.

“I said last week it was great.” He said Postecoglou talks about Gray's performance as a centre-back.

“We have no choice because we don't have any other centre-backs. You put an 18-year-old in there – I shouldn't say an 18-year-old because he's a man in every sense of the word – and he's dealt with it's fantastic, both from a football perspective.” … If you do it in one game, you can kind of get away with putting a young player out of position in one game but he's done it in multiple games now against very good opposition.

“As I said, as an 18-year-old he handled it very well and it's not like he was surrounded by experience. Obviously our goalkeeper is out, a couple of our centre-backs, our left-back was out last night. Radu handled it very well, I keep saying that you take the goalkeeper, two midfielders and a left-back out of any team and I'm sure that will have an impact.

“The fact that our guys, and it's not just the way they're performing, they're still trying to play the way we want to play. We're not allowing Archie at centre-back or Radu or Fraser in goal, we're still trying to play our football.” “This is an honor for them.”

Tottenham are hoping to replicate the Wilson Odubert deal in potential Maxime Esteve talks

While Gray has impressed as a temporary option, current selection issues have prompted reports Tottenham could look to sign another centre-back in January.

The likes of Omar Al Direti (Getafe), David Hanko (Feyenoord) and Abdulkader Khosanov (RC Lens) have all been linked as players. Emergency central defensive options for Tottenham next monthBut president Daniel Levy And the technical director John Long Also keep in mind the long term.

Burnley mainstay Maxime Esteve has been a crucial player for the promotion-chasing Clarets this season, and this appears to have caught the attention of the north Londoners, who could move for the Frenchman in 2025.

Football League World report that Postecoglou's side are monitoring Esteve, who continues to impress in the Championship, and although an approach is not expected to be imminent, the club have a belief that he can make a move in the future.

In fact, he thinks so Tottenham will be hoping they can replicate their deal for Wilson Odubert in potential talks over Estevethe outlet wrote, with some optimism that Tottenham's previous agreement with Burnley could help facilitate negotiations – given their recent commercial relationship.

However, the 22-year-old will not come cheap, with there being belief he can get there 30 million pounds sterling.