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title: "Tottenham Hotspur: Paul Robinson claims that Joe Rodon was ‘trailed for a while’"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tottenham-hotspur-paul-robinson-claims-that-joe-rodon-was-trailed-for-a-while/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Emilio Galantini"
section: "Premier League"
published: "2020-10-23T10:00:11Z"
modified: "2020-10-23T10:00:11Z"
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# Tottenham Hotspur: Paul Robinson claims that Joe Rodon was ‘trailed for a while’

**Speaking to [Football Insider](https://www.footballinsider247.com/exclusive-robinson-wowed-by-unseen-spurs-player-tells-mourinho-to-start-him/), whilst imploring Spurs boss Jose Mourinho to start ‘[fantastic signing](https://www.footballinsider247.com/pundit-exclusive-spurs-tipped-to-seal-fantastic-signing-this-month-after-sky-reveal/)‘ Joe Rodon, Paul Robinson also claims that Tottenham had been [‘trailing him for a while’](https://www.footballinsider247.com/exclusive-robinson-wowed-by-unseen-spurs-player-tells-mourinho-to-start-him/) before they secured a deal.**

Rodon, who put pen to paper on an [£11 million move from Swansea on EFL deadline day](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54577706), emerged as a top target at the beginning of October – with Sky Sports claiming that a deal was ‘[close’](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tottenham-transfer-rumours/tottenham-hotspur-swansea-city-defender-joe-rodon-close-to-deadline-day-spurs-move/) at the end of the summer window.

### Rodon on Spurs radar for a while

Tottenham correspondent Alasdair Gold then[confirmed](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tottenham-transfer-rumours/tottenham-hotspur-alasdair-gold-refuses-to-rule-out-joe-rodon-deal-and-hints-spurs-could-trim-squad/) that Rodon was on Daniel Levy’s radar as the club began to plot a swoop, with Spurs eventually going on to secure him as their seventh and final signing.

Now, speaking to [Football Insider](https://www.footballinsider247.com/exclusive-robinson-wowed-by-unseen-spurs-player-tells-mourinho-to-start-him/), pundit Paul Robinson, who often appears on Sky Sports, has revealed that Rodon was actually a player the club had been ‘[trailing for a while’](https://www.footballinsider247.com/exclusive-robinson-wowed-by-unseen-spurs-player-tells-mourinho-to-start-him/) – with the exact time frame currently unknown.

“I’d like to see him play, I rate him,” said the former Tottenham goalkeeper.

“I think he’s a top defender. The fact that Spurs didn’t go into the European market and he’s a player they’ve trailed for a while tells you a lot.

“I think he will improve, there’s a lot more to come.”

### Transfer Tavern take

Yet to play a game for Spurs, with the 22-year-old signing too late to register for the Europa League, Rodon could potentially make an appearance against Burnley on Monday.

The 6ft 4 powerhouse, who joins fellow Welsh internationals Gareth Bale and Ben Davies at Hotspur Way, adds to Jose Mourinho’s backline and gives him another option after Spurs’ proposed deal for [Milan Skriniar fell through.](https://www.footballinsider247.com/sources-critical-new-update-on-tottenham-last-gasp-skriniar-deal/)

As well as hinting that Tottenham have had their eye on him for a while, Robinson has lauded the signing of a ‘top player’ – suggesting that it is only a matter of time before he gets his chance to shine under Mourinho.

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