The four Tottenham players Fabio Paratici must resist selling in this summer transfer window
Tottenham's managing director of football Fabio Paratici faces a major squad building project this summer but there are some players he might need to think twice about pushing out the door permanently.
Antonio Conte wants a Spurs squad that can challenge for silverware next season to build upon the club's fourth place finish and Champions League qualification this time around. It means a busy summer for Paratici as he juggles bringing new faces into N17 with deciding which players, who aren't key men, must head out of the door.
While some players will naturally come to the end of their time at Tottenham, for others there's a strong case to keep them and for a few there could be the opportunity to leave the club temporarily rather than permanently. Here are the four players that we believe need to remain Spurs players in some capacity.
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Like Steven Bergwijn and Harry Winks, Joe Rodon needs to leave Spurs this summer in order to get regular football next season, particularly ahead of the winter World Cup. However, unlike the first two players, it would make more sense financially and also for the long-term in sending the Welshman out on loan instead of selling him.
Rodon has three years left on the basic contract he signed when arriving from Swansea and that deal would likely have to be improved if he was to be sent out on loan. However, the benefit for Spurs would be not only the loan club picking up much of the defender's wages but a year playing regularly in the Premier League is likely to double the 24-year-old's value.
He could either return to challenge for a place in the Tottenham team or the club would be able to get a lot more