Romano claims Tottenham could ‘soon’ appoint exit-bound Barcelona man

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Tottenham Hotspur are now weighing up a move to bring departing Barcelona director of football Mateu Alemany to North London.

Mateu Alemany is leaving Barcelona in just a couple of weeks and is now being lined up for a move to Tottenham Hotspur.

That is according to Fabrizio Romano, who claims on Twitter that Tottenham are looking into a move to appoint Alemany.

Romano claims that the opportunity to join Spurs could arrive ‘soon’ for Alemany as he considers his next move.

Alemany is leaving his post as Barcelona director of football on September 2nd and his replacement has already been confirmed in ex-Barca man Deco.

Alemany will move on but may not be out of work for long with Tottenham now looking to bring Alemany in.

Spurs saw previous director of football Fabio Paratici leave the club earlier this year due to a worldwide ban imposed by FIFA.

Paratici has remained in a consultancy role but Tottenham now seem ready to go in a new direction by moving to land Alemany.

Who is Tottenham Hotspur target Mateu Alemany?

Alemany didn’t have any playing career to speak of but studied law and financial accounting in the Balaeric Islands.

RCD Mallorca gave Alemany his first job in football as he became Deputy Managing Director and then Chief Executive.

Alemany continued to rise at Mallorca, becoming club president between 2000 and 2005 before returning to the same role just four years later.

After 18 months back at Mallorca, Alemany left the club again and was out of football for nearly seven years before become Valencia’s general director in 2017.

Alemany lasted just over two years in that post and then headed to Barcelona in 2021, landing the director of football role.

Marseille’s Pablo Longoria is a huge fan of Alemany, telling EFE that he thinks the Barcelona man is a ‘genius’.

“The club is in the best possible hands,” said Longoria. “Mateu is a genius. The most intelligent person of the European football. Any club in which Mateu can lead goes to the highest levels. He is genius in management, in reading the small details, in taking important decisions,” he added.

The Spaniard has attracted English interest recently, snubbing an offer to join Unai Emery at Aston Villa.

Barcelona haven’t exactly been the best-run club in football in recent years and Alemany may now want to try something new.

Tottenham would seemingly be going for Alemany more for this organisational and management skills rather than his eye for a player, which may just suit the hands-on Ange Postecoglou.