Tottenham reportedly had an agreement with Villarreal for Pau Torres, but the Spanish international was not in favour of a move to the north London side.
According to AS, Spurs had a deal ‘in principle’ with the La Liga side for the centre-back. However, Torres was not keen on moving to Nuno Espirito Santo’s team.
As per the report, the defender wanted to wait for a better offer from a bigger club to come in.
With Torres remaining with the Andalusian side and Tottenham signing Cristian Romero as an alternative, a move for the 24-year-old defender could be difficult for the future. According to Sport, the centre-back has a release clause of £56m.
Indeed, Manchester United have continuously been linked with Torres over the past 12 months. But it appears that Spurs were the only Premier League side who made a concrete attempt to sign the defender.
Torres was key to Villarreals’s UEFA Europa League triumph last season, with the centre-back making 44 appearances in total for Unai Emery’s side. The defender also featured heavily for Spain during their run to the Euro 2020 finals as well as the Tokyo Olympics.
Although Spurs went big on defensive signings this summer, there is a chance that they could make moves for more additions to the position in the winter transfer window in three months.
The north London side currently have a negative goal difference in the Premier League. And whilst they were able to keep three clean sheets in their opening games of the season, Nuno seemingly needs more quality at the back if he is to help Spurs back to the top four.
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