{"id":693050,"date":"2026-01-13T11:22:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T11:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/693050\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T11:22:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T11:22:13","slug":"tottenham-looking-for-new-midfielder-after-bentancur-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/693050\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham Looking for New Midfielder After Bentancur Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tottenham Hotspur are exploring the signing of a new midfielder following Rodrigo Bentancur\u2019s injury, GIVEMESPORT senior correspondent Fabrizio Romano has revealed.<\/p>\n

The Uruguay international is set to undergo surgery after sustaining a hamstring injury in Spurs\u2019 3-2 defeat to Bournemouth last week and is expected to be sidelined for three months.<\/p>\n

As a result, Tottenham<\/a> are expected to look at signing a new midfielder this month, while Santos left-back Souza is anticipated to become their first signing of the winter transfer window.<\/p>\n

Spurs have an agreement in place for the Brazilian defender\u2019s arrival in a deal worth \u00a315m<\/a>, subject to a successful medical.<\/p>\n

Tottenham Looking to Sign New Midfielder<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Rodrigo<\/p>\n

Romano, writing on X, revealed that Tottenham are likely to explore the midfield market following Bentancur\u2019s injury blow.<\/p>\n

Bentancur has been a key player for Thomas Frank this season, starting 17 of Spurs\u2019 21 league games and registering two goal contributions.<\/p>\n

The Uruguay international was replaced by Archie Gray late on at Bournemouth, with the 19-year-old deputising for him again in the 2-1 defeat to Aston Villa in the FA Cup on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Spurs have dealt with a host of injury concerns this season, with Dejan Kulusevski remaining sidelined since April and James Maddison likely to miss the entire campaign with an ACL injury.<\/p>\n

The North London club have also been without Lucas Bergvall, Mohammed Kudus and Destiny Udogie in recent games, while Richarlison was forced off against Villa with a hamstring issue.<\/p>\n

Tottenham to Enter Conor Gallagher Race?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Atletico<\/p>\n

Tottenham could look to replace Bentancur with Atletico Madrid midfielder Conor Gallagher this month.<\/p>\n

According to reports, the Lilywhites have opened talks to bring the former Chelsea star to north London<\/a> and are prepared to rival Aston Villa in the race for his signature.<\/p>\n

Gallagher is looking to leave Atletico this month amid limited playing time under Diego Simeone and is claimed to already have an offer from Villa.<\/p>\n

Atletico are only expected to entertain talks over a permanent deal for the England international, who was also targeted by Manchester United in the closing stages of the summer transfer window.<\/p>\n

With Bentancur and Bergvall sidelined, and Pape Matar Sarr still at the Africa Cup of Nations, Tottenham\u2019s options in central midfield are limited at present.<\/p>\n

The Lilywhites are likely to rely on a midfield duo of Gray and Joao Palhinha in the coming games, while Yves Bissouma could also be involved after returning from AFCON.<\/p>\n

\"Thomas<\/p>\n

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Tottenham Hotspur have opened talks to sign the 25-year-old midfielder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tottenham Hotspur are exploring the signing of a new midfielder following Rodrigo Bentancur\u2019s injury, GIVEMESPORT senior correspondent Fabrizio…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":679122,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[94,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-693050","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115887534732381153","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=693050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/679122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=693050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=693050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=693050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}