Spurs transfer news: 'Talented' £50m star 'an ideal fit for Tottenham'

Journalist Pete O’Rourke reckons that Tariq Lamptey would be an “ideal fit ” for Tottenham.

Having failed to sign a right wing-back in January, Antonio Conte will be hoping to improve his options in the summer window.

Tottenham were interested in signing the Brighton defender in the summer of 2021, with the Daily Mail reporting that the Seagulls weren’t willing to sell him for less than the £50m that they sold Ben White to Arsenal for.

They were on the verge of selling Serge Aurier and needed a replacement for the Ivorian, although they ended up bringing in Emerson Royal from Barcelona and Lamptey stayed on the South Coast.

But Royal hasn’t adapted well to English football, which saw Spurs go all out to try and sign Adama Traore in January. They would fail in their attempts to sign the Spaniard, who returned to Barcelona, meaning a new right wing-back remains very much on Conte’s agenda.

Tottenham did sign Juventus pair Dejan Kulusevski and Rodrigo Bentancur, but they failed to address their wing-back issue and therefore could target a move for Lamptey at the end of the season.

He told GIVEMESPORT: “Lamptey will be an interesting one. He’s obviously a talented player who’s had injury problems which have maybe held him back at Brighton, but he would be an ideal fit for Tottenham.”

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Spurs’ right-sided problems date back to when Kyle Walker left for Manchester City ahead of the 2017-2018 campaign. Kieran Trippier did a decent job for two years, but since then, Serge Aurier, Juan Foyth, Japhet Tanganga and Matt Doherty have all tried and failed to establish themselves in that position.

Royal is still adapting to