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title: "Tottenham: Japhet Tanganga has many transfer ‘requests’ this summer"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tottenham-hotspur-spurs-japhet-tanganga-transfer-news-premier-league-serie-a-everton-southampton-ac-milan-napoli/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Will Seager"
section: "Premier League News"
published: "2022-07-10T20:35:30Z"
modified: "2022-07-10T20:35:30Z"
---

# Tottenham: Japhet Tanganga has many transfer ‘requests’ this summer

**According to Sportitalia journalist Gianluigi Longari, [Premier League](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/premier-league-news/) duo Everton and Southampton have joined the race to sign [Tottenham](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tottenham-transfer-rumours/) defender Japhet Tanganga this summer.**

### **The Lowdown: Italian interest in Tanganga**

A number of reports have arisen from Italy recently [linking](https://sportwitness.co.uk/tottenham-players-agent-held-meeting-another-club-wants-play-continuously/) the 23-year-old Spurs defender with a move to Serie A. [Sky Italia](https://sport.sky.it/calciomercato/2022/07/06/milan-de-ketelaere-calciomercato-news) have reported that AC Milan could be a possible suitor for the centre-back, after it emerged that his agent had held talks with the Italian giants earlier this week.

This follows the [Rossoneri’s interest in January](https://www.skysports.com/transfer/news/12691/12519570/japhet-tanganga-ac-milan-interested-in-loan-move-as-tottenham-defender-has-concerns-over-game-time), with the Italian champions having been interested in taking Tanganga on loan for the remainder of the season.

### **The Latest: Longari’s news**

[Longari](https://twitter.com/Glongari/status/1545521087915630595) has now shared the latest news on a proposed exit from Hotspur Way for Tanganga.

As per the Sportitalia journalist (via [Sport Witness](https://sportwitness.co.uk/pl-man-requests-everton-southampton-player-many-fans-summer/)), the defender has ‘many fans’ across Europe. From Italy, both Milan and Napoli are said to be closely monitoring the Spurs defender.

Furthermore, Longari claims that the 23-year-old has the option of remaining in the Premier League, where he has received ‘requests’ from Everton and Southampton, who are both keen on signing him on a loan deal for the season. However, it is understood that a switch to Serie A ‘teases’ the player.

[Tottenham latest developments!](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/web-stories/tottenham-latest-developments-2/)

### **The Verdict: Great potential**

With the centre-back having missed the second half of the Premier League season with a [serious knee injury](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/japhet-tanganga/verletzungen/spieler/346478), Tanganga had previously amassed [11 league appearances during the 2021/22 campaign.](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/japhet-tanganga/leistungsdaten/spieler/346478/plus/0?saison=2021)

The youngster was seen to be on an upward trajectory with the Lilywhites, with pundit [Gary Neville](https://thisisfutbol.com/2021/08/blogs/premier-league/tottenham-hotspur/tottenham-hotspur-gary-neville-praises-japhet-tangangas-performance/) having asserted that the 23-year-old is a ‘really special’ player, while his former manager [Jose Mourinho](https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/tottenham-jose-mourinho-amazing-japhet-tanganga-debut-a4332246.html) regularly described some of his performances as ‘amazing’.

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However, Tanganga could follow in the footsteps of Fikayo Tomori, who joined Milan in a deal worth [£25m](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11668/12334823/fikayo-tomori-chelsea-defender-to-join-ac-milan-in-25m-permanent-transfer-after-loan-spell). Following his impressive tenure in Serie A, the ex-Chelsea defender has been able to play his way back into Gareth Southgate’s England squad.

Therefore, this suggests that a move to the Italian top flight could be in Tanganga’s best interests if he isn’t going to get much game-time at Tottenham next season, having made just [11 league appearances](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/japhet-tanganga/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/346478) last term.