Tottenham Hotspur have added AS Monaco defender Benoit Badiashile to their growing list of transfer targets after hiring Antonio Conte as their new manager, as per Calciomercato.
Conte took over in north London from Nuno Espirito Santo on Tuesday as the club’s second head coach in four-months.
The Italian has now had a brief chance to run the rule over the ranks the Portuguese left behind.
And a new centre-half appears high on Conte’s order of areas Tottenham must improve in the transfer window.
As was the case for Spurs in the summer, as Managing Director Fabio Paratici remained in the market for options after Cristian Romero’s £47m loan-to-buy arrival from Atalanta.
Tottenham have now started to explore a possible transfer for Monaco defender Badiashile after hiring Conte as their latest manager.
Scouts from north London have turned their attention to the Stade Louis II, as the 20-year-old’s turns in impressive performances.
Badiashile has been a key fixture of Niko Kovac’s backline in the Principality so far this term with 16 appearances.
The France Under-21 international has also started 14 of his outings in all competitions, while helping to three clean sheets.
Badiashile latest name on Conte’s Tottenham transfer list
However, Monaco ace Badiashile is just the latest to fall on Conte’s early list of potential transfer targets at Tottenham.
That’s because TuttoMercatoWEB also report the Italian could try to bring Milan Skriniar to England following their Serie A title-winning spell together at Inter Milan last season.
While Sportmediaset add another Nerazzurri enforcer in Stefan de Vrij to his shopping list.
Conte signing Badiashile from Monaco instead, or as well, would likely be to improve Tottenham’s defence long-term. With the £14k-a-week Frenchman a rising star in Ligue 1.
“He is a great talent,” Monaco Vice-President Oleg Petrov told Get French Football News last year.
“He will perform and then maybe one day, he can have by far a better career in one of the best clubs.
“Very solid, very young, playing from 18-years for the first-team at Monaco, also playing in the Espoirs team for France.
“Very good technically, very humble, very fast, gives a lot of comforts when he plays, but still very young.
“For a player of his age, playing all the games as a starter, it is a huge opportunity for him to develop into a player of the highest calibre.”
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