Tottenham FAIL To Sign Atletico Madrid’s Yannick Carrasco As Another Transfer Collapses For Spurs

Tottenham have failed in their attempt to sign Yannick Carrasco in a shock deadline day move from Atletico Madrid.

Carrasco has a reported release clause of €60m (£49.9m) in his contract with Atletico and both English clubs were said to be willing to meet that figure.

He tweeted: “Tottenham among clubs to explore #DeadlineDay move for Atletico Madrid winger Yannick Carrasco but too late & no chance.

“#Atleti may sell 28yo Belgium winger in summer but not now + deadline for release clause expired in recent days.”

“Atletico Madrid insist the Belgium international is not for sale today.”

Carrasco is currently in his second spell at Atletico Madrid, having rejoined the Spanish giants in 2020 from Chinese Super League club Dalian Professional.

He was part of the Atletico squad that won the La Liga title last season but has found the current campaign more difficult, scoring just twice in 29 appearances in all competitions.

Tottenham were interested in signing the winger, who was previously linked with their rivals Arsenal in 2019 prior to his move to China.

But he is now set to remain at the Wanda Metropolitano.

It is another frustrating failure in the transfer market for Tottenham, who are yet to make a single signing this month after missing out on a number of targets.

Spurs had hoped to sign Luis Diaz from Porto but the Colombia international would instead join Liverpool in a £37.5m transfer.

Tottenham were also linked with Adama Traore but Barcelona would beat them to the former Wolves winger, signing him on loan ahead of a permanent deal this summer.

However, Antonio Conte’s side are hoping to complete deals for Juventus duo Dejan Kulusevski and midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur before the window closes.