Florin Manea, who manages new Tottenham Hotspur signing Radu Dragusin, has backed his client to join his dream club Real Madrid in three or four years, suggesting a move to Spurs could be just a springboard for the defender.
Tottenham Hotspur beat competition from Bayern Munich to sign Radu Dragusin
Both Bayern Munich and Tottenham Hotspur were interested in signing the Romanian centre-back from Genoa, but the 21-year-old opted to take his talents to the English Premier League.
Spurs have reportedly signed Dragusin from the Seria A side for a fee of €25 million ($27.4 million) plus add-ons. The player has signed a six-and-a-half-year contract, meaning he is contractually linked to the Lilywhites until June 2030.
Manea risks angering Spurs fans with comment about Real Madrid
Spurs fans are eager to see Dragusin take to the field for Ange Postecoglou’s side, but his agent has ruined the celebrations a bit by revealing the defender’s dream at Real Madrid. Manea said that he saw the Romanian international leave the Tottenham Hotspur stadium for the Santiago Bernabéu in three or four years, as Los Blancos were one of his dream clubs.
Speaking to Romanian news outlet DigiSport, he said (via SportsMole):
“I was looking at a photo from when we started together at Juve, I looked at how skinny he was. “We are just at the beginning of the road, we want them to reach the best clubs in the world.”
Manea added that Bayern were close to reaching an agreement with Dragusin, but scorned the Germans because the Allianz Arena was not their dream destination.
The agent added:
“We were close, Bayern is among the biggest clubs, but his dream is Real or Barcelona. If I was 23-24 years old and had more experience, perhaps I would have decided to go to Bayern, but I also took into account the age, and the competition, I took into account many things.
“In three or four years I see him at Real Madrid.”
Dragusin, who scored two goals in 22 appearances for Genoa before moving to London, has become Tottenham’s second signing of the January window. Shortly before tying the defender to a long-term contract, Spurs signed former Chelsea player Timo Werner on loan from RB Leipzig.
