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title: "Journalist confident Spurs will complete deal to sign Takehiro Tomiyasu"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/journalist-confident-spurs-will-complete-deal-to-sign-takehiro-tomiyasu-from-bologna-e180/"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Jake Sanders"
section: "Exclusive"
published: "2021-07-23T05:00:07Z"
modified: "2021-07-23T05:00:07Z"
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# Journalist confident Spurs will complete deal to sign Takehiro Tomiyasu

**[Jack Rosser](https://www.standard.co.uk/author/jack-rosser), from the Evening Standard, is confident that Tottenham will sign Bologna defender Takehiro Tomiyasu.**

Spurs have been [chasing](https://twitter.com/footballdaily/status/1410603092542844936) the Japanese centre-back for some time, although the north London giants haven’t yet been able to get the deal over the line.

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6 ft 2 Tomiyasu is currently on international duty preparing for the Olympic Games, although players can undergo medicals abroad.

However, Bologna director Riccardo Bigon has [revealed](https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1417230928213118977) that the Italian outfit aren’t in any rush to sell the 22-year-old despite strong interest from Spurs.

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Nuno Espirito Santo is hoping to revamp a Tottenham defence that conceded 45 goals in the Premier League last season.

Eric Dier and Davinson Sanchez are on [the transfer market](https://twitter.com/HotspurRelated/status/1417527783803297793) following their poor respective seasons, whilst Santo’s senior centre-back, Toby Alderweireld, have [expressed](https://theathletic.co.uk/2684641/2021/07/02/toby-alderweireld-has-told-spurs-he-is-looking-to-leave-this-summer-as-rebuild-begins/#:~:text=Toby%20Alderweireld%20is%20hopeful%20of%20leaving%20Tottenham%20this,ready%20to%20end%20his%20six-year%20stay%20at%20Spurs.) his desire to leave N17.

Whilst none of those three exits are guaranteed, Santo has a major job on his hands to help get Spurs back to where they were under Mauricio Pochettino defensively.

And Rosser told **[The Transfer Tavern](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/)** that he expects Tomiyasu to become a Tottenham player:

*“Tomiyasu is someone they really like, and I think it looks like it will go ahead, regardless of him being at the Olympics, I think that will happen.”*