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title: "Tottenham Hotspur: Alasdair Gold discusses interest in Milan Skriniar"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tottenham-hotspur-alasdair-gold-discusses-interest-in-milan-skriniar/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "George McGibbon"
section: "Premier League"
published: "2021-01-19T21:05:03Z"
modified: "2021-01-19T21:05:03Z"
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# Tottenham Hotspur: Alasdair Gold discusses interest in Milan Skriniar

**In a recent article for [Football.London](https://www.football.london/tottenham-hotspur-fc/transfer-news/milan-skriniar-kim-min-jae-19653822), Tottenham Hotspur correspondent Alasdair Gold discussed Spurs’ interest in Inter Milan defender, Milan Skriniar.**

In his [article](https://www.football.london/tottenham-hotspur-fc/transfer-news/milan-skriniar-kim-min-jae-19653822), Gold claims that it appears unlikely Tottenham will reignite their attempts to sign the [£45 million-rated](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/milan-skriniar/marktwertverlauf/spieler/204069) centre-back, who they were [heavily linked with in the summer](https://www.football.london/tottenham-hotspur-fc/transfer-news/milan-skriniar-tottenham-transfer-update-19052327), over what remains of the January transfer window.

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The journalist states the primary reasoning behind this is Skriniar’s presence in Antonio Conte’s side so far this season, with the Slovakia international [starting Inter’s last 12 Serie A matches](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/milan-skriniar/leistungsdaten/spieler/204069).

This is in stark contrast to the back end of last season, when the 25-year-old [started just four of I Nerazzurri’s last eight league fixtures](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/milan-skriniar/leistungsdaten/spieler/204069/saison/2019/plus/1#IT1), leading to suggestions that the club [would be willing to part with Skriniar](https://twitter.com/TheSpursExpress/status/1333567167879540736) over the summer, should they receive the right bid.

However, despite reports claiming that Spurs had ‘[not given up](https://theathletic.com/2265392/2020/12/23/tottenham-transfers-alli-dele-skriniar/)‘ on their hopes of securing a deal for the centre-back in January, it would now appear, if Gold is to be believed, that this hope is all but gone.

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### Transfer Tavern Take

In addition to Gold’s points as to why a move for Skriniar would be unlikely from Spurs, perhaps the clearest indication that a deal is not there to be done came from the player himself, when, speaking to the [Inter Milan website](https://www.inter.it/en/news/2021/01/05/interview-skriniar-pre-sampdoria-inter.html) at the start of January, he said: “I always wanted to stay here.”

As such, unfortunately for those Tottenham fans hoping to see the 25-year-old pulling on their club’s colours this month, it would seem that the Skriniar to Spurs rumours are all but dead.

**In other Spurs news, Daniel Levy has re-joined the race for this ‘outstanding’ gem, find out more [here](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tottenham-transfer-rumours/tottenham-hotspur-daniel-levy-re-joins-race-for-marseille-gem-morgan-sanson/)!**