Report: Inter Milan and Luton Town are fighting over one Tottenham player

Ange Postecoglou confirmed in his press conference on Friday that Tottenham are prioritising trimming their squad before they make further additions (Football.London), with Tanganga one of a whole flurry of players expected to leave the club over the next two weeks (Football Insider).

It was reported by Gianluca Di Marzio a couple of days ago that Inter had identified the 25-year-old as one of several potential options to reinforce their backline.

The Express have now also backed up Inter’s interest in the Tottenham man and they reveal that Luton have emerged as the Serie A side’s main competitor for the player’s signature.

It is explained that both the Italian side and the newly promoted Premier League outfit want to sign Tanganga on a season-long loan deal.

The publication adds that the Spurs academy graduate’s preference is to head to the San Siro, which is why he is now waiting to see if Inter substantiate their interest.

Tanganga has just two years left in his contract. So, Tottenham would ideally want to sell him rather than to loan him out. However, given that the North London club urgently need to offload several players, they would likely consider loaning out the 25-year-old defender with an option to buy.

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In my article – forward-sent-on-a-season-long-loan – I mentioned that if Aribim was to resurrect a fading Luton Town career, he would have to score a hatful of goals, especially after dropping into non-league football.

Indeed, it seems that Aribim needs to follow the example set by another of our young forwards sent out on loan, Joe Taylor.

Now Taylor will always have a place in our hearts after having the testicular fortitude to successfully take one of the penalties in the epic shoot-out, against Coventry City, at Wembley last season.

Sent out on loan to the League Two club, Colchester United, Joe has started the season in great form, scoring 4 goals in his 4 appearances, including 2 in the game against MK Dons yesterday, a fixture Colchester United unfortunately lost 3-2.

It augers well for the future, if Joe can keep this scoring form up.

He may only be playing League Two football but as they say, you can only perform against what is put in front of you.