Report: Atalanta’s Rafael Toloi has offer from Tottenham

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Tottenham Hotspur are reportedly keen on Atalanta defender Rafael Toloi.

According to Sport Mediaset, Tottenham Hotspur hold an interest in signing Atalanta defender Rafael Toloi this summer as Mauricio Pochettino continues to pursue new signings.

Questions persist over the future of Toby Alderweireld, and Pochettino has been linked with a host of defenders in case Spurs do end up needing to find a replacement for the Belgian.

A host of defenders – such as Matthijs de Ligt, Issa Diop and Alfie Mawson – have been mentioned as possible Tottenham targets, but now a new name is in the frame according to reports in Italy.

Italan TV channel Sport Mediaset report that Tottenham have made an offer for Atalanta defender Rafael Toloi, in what would be something of a surprise move from Spurs boss Pochettino.

Toloi, 27, made his name in his native Brazil with Goias and Sao Paulo before heading on loan to Roma in 2014, and then joined Italian rivals Atalanta in the summer of 2015.

The 6ft 3in centre back has been a regular for Atalanta, and possesses great strength and aerial ability, but his age doesn’t fit the usual Tottenham profile, and fans may be surprised if Tottenham land Toloi.

Having signed Lucas Moura from Paris Saint-Germain in January, Pochettino is now being linked with more and more Brazilian players, with SPORT in Catalunya claiming interest from Spurs in Barcelona’s Rafinha.

Malcom and Anderson Talisca are two more Brazilian players to be linked with Spurs, and Toloi is just the latest as Tottenham seemingly look for more South Americans to work under Pochettino.