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title: "Spurs pushing to sign £25m-rated right-back before transfer deadline"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/spurs-pushing-to-sign-25m-rated-right-back-before-transfer-deadline/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Lee Clarke"
section: "Ligue 1 News"
published: "2017-08-26T07:40:56Z"
modified: "2017-08-26T07:55:44Z"
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# Spurs pushing to sign £25m-rated right-back before transfer deadline

**The Spurs supporters have been a miserable bunch this week here in the Football Transfer Tavern, following their 2-1 defeat at the hands of Chelsea last Sunday.**

It was the club’s first league game at Wembley, with the home of football set to remain as the club’s temporary abode whilst White Hart Lane continues to undergo a revamp.

If results don’t go according to plan during the first month of the campaign their supporters will undoubtedly point towards a lack of summer investment from the club’s hierarchy.

It does however seem that things could pick up on the recruitment front and *The Guardian* are reporting that Ivory Coast right-back Serge Aurier could be about to arrive at the North Londoners.

One stumbling block to any deal edging towards completion is the player’s tw0-month prison sentence which is currently up-in-the-air, after the 24-year-old assaulted a police officer last year.

The player’s legal team are working hard on getting the player a suspended sentence, which would allow Aurier to move to Spurs, with the PSG player likely to pay a hefty fine and take part in community service instead.

*[The report states](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/aug/25/tottenham-psg-serge-aurier-red-tape-prison-sentence)* that terms have been agreed with Aurier and PSG and he would represent a coup for Spurs who are in the market for a right-sided defender following Kyle Walker’s departure to Manchester City this summer.

**The Landlord’s Verdict**

Aurier is clearly a bit of a rebel – the pending prison sentence hanging over his head tells you that.

Although we wouldn’t have characters of his sort in the Tavern on a Saturday evening, there is little to doubt that he is one of the very best right-back’s in world football.

Spurs desperately need some new players to appease a disgruntled bunch of supporters who have watched their rivals strengthen all summer, with Aurier just the man to pop a smile back on those faces.

**Spurs fans, would you welcome the Ivorian to the football club? Who else should the club be pursuing before the window closes? Let us know in the comments below!!!**