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title: "Tottenham: Fabio Paratici impressed by James Garner"
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type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "David Comerford"
section: "Premier League News"
published: "2022-08-16T20:40:01Z"
modified: "2022-08-16T20:40:01Z"
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# Tottenham: Fabio Paratici impressed by James Garner

**Tottenham Hotspur target James Garner caught the eye of Fabio Paratici during scouting missions last season, [Football London’s Alasdair Gold reports](https://www.football.london/tottenham-hotspur-fc/transfer-news/paratici-james-garner-tottenham-romero-24764267).**

### The lowdown

[The Athletic](https://theathletic.com/3505641/2022/08/15/ornstein-column-xhaka-jesus-arsenal-edwards-chelsea/) reported on Monday that Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has made Garner available for transfer.

United are willing to let the midfielder leave if their asking price of around £14million is met, with ‘several’ Premier League clubs interested.

And [one of those is Spurs](https://theathletic.com/3505641/2022/08/15/ornstein-column-xhaka-jesus-arsenal-edwards-chelsea/), who have already ‘watched’ him.

### The latest

[Gold corroborates](https://www.football.london/tottenham-hotspur-fc/transfer-news/paratici-james-garner-tottenham-romero-24764267) Spurs’ interest in Garner and says that Paratici ‘was impressed’ every time he went to watch Djed Spence playing for Nottingham Forest.

Spurs have yet to decide whether they will make a move for the midfielder, though, and are aware that minutes might be hard to come by.

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

### The verdict

Spurs might be able to hatch a clever plan here.

They could snap up Garner for around £14million, loan him out to another of his Premier League suitors and potentially create a win-win situation.

Either he comes back to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium ready to figure in the first team, or he raises his value even higher by getting top-flight experience under his belt.

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The rave reviews Garner has attracted certainly suggest he’s ready to thrive at this level.

[Jose Mourinho](https://oldtraffordfaithful.com/jose-mourinho-speaks-highly-of-man-uniteds-james-garner/) has spoken highly of his him in discussions with a confidant, former team-mate [Jack Colback](https://www.caughtoffside.com/2022/03/22/man-united-news-garner-praised-by-colback/) says his crossing can be ‘obscene’ and current team-mate Fred called him the ‘[most impressive](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/man-utd-starlet-james-garner-22231456)‘ young player at Old Trafford.