Fiorentina reach agreement for Spurs’ Radu Drăgușin | OneFootball

As reported by La Gazzetta dello Sport, Fiorentina have agreed terms with Tottenham Hotspur over a move for Radu Drăgușin.

The Romanian centre-back arrives in Florence initially on a one-year €1.5m loan, which La Viola will be obliged to make permanent next summer for €17.5 million.

Once again, Fiorentina sporting directoe Fabio Paratici has facilitated a move for the 24-year-old. He was the one who played a role in bringing him to Juventus in the first place, before helping him move to North London in January 2024 as Spurs’ managing director of football for €28 million.

Drăgușin is coming off a season where he hardly had any game time. Despite missing a significant portion of the 2024/25 season due a cruciate ligament tear, the Romania international was available for selection in 2025/26 but found little support in any of Spurs’ ill-fated custodians amid a cataclysmic campaign, managing only 11 appearances.

Drăgușin will have a point to prove

This is a deal that works for all parties. Spurs get to recoup a significant portion of their initial investment back, while Fiorentina get a young Serie A-proven defender for a cut-price deal they won’t have to pay for until next summer, by which point their fortunes will have hopefully improved.

Whether Fabio Paratici really is all that when he’s not under Beppe Marotta’s shadow is something the jury’s still out on, but Drăgușin’s protential is undeniable, and now he has a chance to prove himself all over again — and he’ll get plenty opportunities.

Anshuman Joshi | GIFN