Tottenham Hotspur have been all over the place defensively for well over the last two months.

The defensive organisation, which kept several teams at bay at the start of the season under Thomas Frank, has become fragile. A lot is down to the injury problems and suspensions, forcing the Danish boss to chop and change personnel.

The centre-back partnership of Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven has been solid, but when either one of them have not been in the team, the drop-off in quality has been telling. Kevin Danso has deputised well when called upon, but he is not up to the standard to start week in, week out for Tottenham. The same goes for Radu Dragusin, who made his first start last weekend after almost a year out with a serious knee injury.

Barcelona prioritise summer move for Tottenham-linked Inter Milan’s Italian defender Alessandro Bastoni. (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP via Getty Images)

Reports from December suggested that Tottenham were lining up an audacious swoop for Inter Milan defender Alessandro Bastoni. They were planning to sign him in the past winter transfer window, but nothing as such materialised.

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