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What to expect on transfer deadline day: Arsenal, Man United, Spurs making moves?
The winter transfer window closes across most of Europe's major leagues at 11 p.m. GMT / 6 p.m. ET on Monday and there are still plenty of deals to be done.
Despite having a month to make their moves, some of the biggest clubs are still looking for the crucial signing that could make the difference for their teams' ambitions in the second half of the season. And with the clock ticking to the deadline, a number of high-profile players will get once last chance to seal a move that could kick-start their careers elsewhere.
While there are still some options beyond Monday night -- for example, the Turkish transfer window stays open until Feb. 11 -- which players and clubs should you pay close attention to on deadline day?
MARCUS RASHFORD
The out-of-favour Manchester United forward said in mid-December that he was ready for a "new challenge" away from Old Trafford, after being dropped by new manager Ruben Amorim for the Premier League win at Manchester City on Dec. 15.
Rashford hasn't kicked a ball for United since the Europa League win away to Viktoria Plzen on Dec. 12 as Amorim called on him to "give the maximum every day in training and in life." But despite his determination to leave and United's readiness to let him go, this transfer window has been a bruising reality check for the 27-year-old and he has been holding out for a move to Barcelona, which was always going to be an unlikely destination due to the LaLiga side's financial constraints.
AC Milan showed an interest, but dropped out after Rashford kept the Italian giants waiting for an answer; Borussia Dortmund's interest stalled because of the player's 325,000-a-week salary, which United expect a club to pay if they take him on loan. Aston Villa are now leading the way and could get a loan deal over the line after letting 21-year-old striker Jhon Durán move to Al Nassr for 77 million.
With little prospect of game time at United, Rashford has got to start again, and the next six months could be crucial for his future career.
ARSENAL
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is desperate to sign a striker, not only because of injuries to Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Jesus, but because his team lack a clinical finisher in the tightest games.
A lowball offer of 40m to sign Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins was swiftly rejected last week, and Villa coach Unai Emery has said the England striker is going nowhere. So unless Arsenal significantly improve their offer for the 29-year-old -- perhaps even doubling it -- they will have to look elsewhere for a new goal scorer, with Juventus' striker Dusan Vlahovic also linked.
Time is running out and the club's favoured option, RB Leipzig's Benjamin Sesko, is not expected to leave the Bundesliga club until the summer. But Arsenal have the money to make a splash on deadline day, so don't rule out a dramatic late deal.
Gabriele Marcotti believes that Arsenal should target Dusan Vlahovic instead of Ollie Watkins after they tabled a bid for the English striker.
MANCHESTER UNITED
United went into this window with plenty of players on their transfer list. But considering the abject performance of the team this season, it is no surprise that the club has struggled to find suitors for the likes of Rashford, Casemiro, Victor Lindelöf, Tyrell Malacia, Rasmus Højlund, and Joshua Zirkzee. So far, only 95m winger Antony has left United this month -- on loan to Real Betis -- but all of the above are still available heading into deadline day.
Winger Alejandro Garnacho could still leave, with Napoli and Chelsea maintaining an interest in the Argentina international, but Amorim wants the 20-year-old to stay and said recently that he has "changed completely" since he was dropped alongside Rashford for the City game.
If United can do a loan deal with Villa for Rashford, they could then make a move to sign a new forward, and there is also a chance that left-back Malacia could leave once Lecce's 20-year-old full-back Patrick Dorgu arrives for 35m. But United are running out of time -- and hope -- to seal transfers for the rest of their unwanted fringe players.
TOTTENHAM
Despite manager Ange Postecoglou making it clear that his team needs reinforcements this month to help ease a mounting injury crisis, 15th-placed Spurs took a long time to make a significant signing.
A loan move for Lens' Kevin Danso (with a 25m obligation to sign permanently in the summer) has plugged a gap in the defence, while a 60m move to bring in Bayern Munich forward Mathys Tel was agreed between the clubs on Thursday but hit the rocks as the 19-year-old rejected a transfer soon after. Now Spurs have to turn to other options up front, but by entering the final hours of the window, they are in the kind of territory that will force them to take a gamble they might not have considered at the start of January.
Julien Laurens explains why there is so much demand for Mathys Tel, despite not being able to crack the Bayern Munich lineup.
MATHYS TEL
Bayern Munich have made the 19-year-old available for transfer and he is on the radar of Spurs, Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United. While Tel has already turned down a move to Spurs, it's United that could be his most likely destination if Rashford departs.
Tel has fallen out of favour under coach Vincent Kompany at Bayern -- and was not even on bench against Holstein Kiel on Saturday -- but with such strong interest from Premier League clubs in the France under-21 forward, a move to England before the deadline is a strong possibility.
JOÃO FÉLIX
The Chelsea forward is available for a loan after struggling to secure a regular starting spot at Stamford Bridge since his 50m transfer from Atletico Madrid last summer.
Aston Villa, who wanted to sign Félix last summer, were in the hunt for the 25-year-old, but a move to Villa Park is unlikely as they look set to sign Rashford on loan, as well as PSG's Marco Asensio.
Milan have shown interest in landing the former Barcelona and Benfica forward, but the Rossoneri have switched their attention to a 35m move for Feyenoord striker Santiago Giménez.
Julien Laurens and Nedum Onuoha discuss Real Madrid's interest in Liverpool's Trent Alexander-Arnold.
TRENT ALEXANDER-ARNOLD
Liverpool will get their last chance to transfer Alexander-Arnold out of the club for a fee before his contract expires and he becomes a free agent at the end of the season. There is practically zero chance of the 26-year-old right-back making a shock exit from Anfield between now and Monday's deadline, but Real Madrid did make a move for the defender on Dec. 31, so their interest is without question.
Any Liverpool fans worried about losing their homegrown star this month can probably go to bed early on Monday without the risk of Alexander-Arnold leaving. But Liverpool would have a decision to make if Madrid returned with a tempting late offer to sign him in the final hours of deadline day.
EVAN FERGUSON
Brighton & Hove Albion handed the Republic of Ireland international striker a six-year contract in November 2023 after his impressive start to life in the Premier League. But injuries have curtailed the 20-year-old's progress and Brighton are now ready to let him leave, either on loan or permanently, before the deadline.
Everton, Bournemouth and Bayer Leverkusen have all shown interest and sources told ESPN that the Bundesliga appeals to Ferguson because of the success of young Premier League forwards in Germany in recent years, and Champions League football is also an attraction. But Leverkusen are unlikely to be able to compete financially with a Premier League team and are also less in need of a striker after Victor Boniface's move to Al Nassr fell through.
Now it appears West Ham are leading the chase to sign the youngster on loan.
Suryakumar's India look to land one final blow on England
Big picture: Homecoming for SKY
A new captain, and a homecoming at the Wankhede, was the theme in the build-up to IPL 2024. It is once again a talking point as the India-England T20I series heads for a finale in Mumbai.
However, the Suryakumar that is coming into the game is in unfamiliar territory by his lofty T20I standards. He has gone seven successive innings without a half-century, the longest such streak for him, and tallies just 26 in four outings in this series with two ducks. The high-intent approach of going hard from ball one is partly a cause, with assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate saying consistency and predictability is not a high marker in T20 cricket.
This series for England has been about hit-the-deck bowlers, with each of Jofra Archer, Mark Wood and Brydon Carse making use of the hard lengths to undo the India captain. Only in Pune did Suryakumar chip a tame catch off a full ball on his pad.
England will once again be looking to hit the right length to spoil Suryakumar's homecoming, while the hosts will have their sights set on an impressive 4-1 series win.
Form guide
India WLWWW (Last five completed T20Is, most recent first)
England LWLLL
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India (probable XI): 1 Abhishek Sharma, 2 Sanju Samson (wk), 3 Suryakumar Yadav (capt), 4 Tilak Varma, 5 Hardik Pandya, 6 Rinku Singh, 7 Axar Patel, 8 Ramandeep Singh/Harshit Rana, 9 Arshdeep Singh/Mohammed Shami, 10 Ravi Bishnoi, 11 Varun Chakravarthy
An impressive first outing in the series should see fast bowler Saqib Mahmood hold his place in the XI. England might consider resting Archer, who has played all four T20Is so far, and bringing back Gus Atkinson. Legspinning allrounder Rehan Ahmed could also get a game.
England (probable XI): 1 Phil Salt (wk), 2 Ben Duckett, 3 Jos Buttler (capt), 4 Harry Brook, 5 Liam Livingstone, 6 Jamie Smith/Jacob Bethell, 7 Jamie Overton, 8 Brydon Carse, 9 Jofra Archer/Gus Atkinson, 10 Saqib Mahmood, 11 Adil Rashid/Rehan Ahmed
Pitch and conditions
Stats and trivia
- Mahmood has been England's leading wicket-taker in the powerplay in T20Is since January 2024. He has picked up 12 wickets in just seven innings starting with the Australia series last September. On an average, he strikes every nine balls in the first six overs. Archer is next in the list with 10 scalps from 18 innings.
Quotes
"I like the confidence this bowling unit walks onto the field with. The planning we do before games, everybody is contributing in those conversations. The main thing is to go out and execute and even if we are under pressure, like tonight, it was great awareness shown by the group."
Morne Morkel, India's bowling coach, is pleased with how they defended the score in Pune
S Sudarshanan is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo. @Sudarshanan7
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G Trisha excels with bat and ball as India become back-to-back Under-19 champions
India 84 for 1 (Trisha 44*, Chalke 26*, Reyneke 1-14) beat South Africa 82 all out (van Voorst 23, Trisha 3-15, Sisodia 2-6, Shukla 2-9) by nine wickets
After captain Kayla Reyneke opted to bat, South Africa started strongly in the first over with opener Jemma Botha belting two fours in the off VJ Joshitha. But trouble began as early as the second over with Sisodia having Simone Lourens bowled for a duck, with a skiddy delivery that deflected off the batter's pads and onto the stumps.
India put the brakes on almost instantly after that, but Botha - South Africa's top-scorer of the tournament - once again displayed her quality, hitting Joshitha for a four down the ground. With Shabnam Shakil's introduction in the fourth over came the crucial wicket of Botha, thanks to a stunning catch by wicketkeeper G Kamalini, who threw herself to the right to grab a one-hander.
One brought two for India, as left-arm spinner Shukla struck first ball in the very next over, having Diara Ramlakan bowled with a straighter one for 3. At the end of the powerplay, South Africa were in trouble at 29 for 3.
India's spinners maintained the stranglehold on their opposition, drying up the runs in the middle overs, with no boundaries scored between seven and 14. In that passage, two more wickets fell, with Trisha removing Reyneke for 7 and Shukla taking her second by knocking Karabo Meso's middle stump.
Mieke van Voorst, South Africa's highest scorer in the game, broke the pressure with the team's first boundary in 56 balls, and went on to hit a couple more. But Trisha's double-strike in the 18th over once again pegged South Africa back, with both van Voorst and Seshnie Naidu getting out trying to go for big shots.
Fay Cowling then hit the first and only six of the game, but Vaishnavi recovered very well removing Cowling and Monalisa Legodi, both bowled trying to sweep, in the same over. Sisodia removed Ashleigh van Wyk off the last ball of the innings as South Africa lost five wickets in 14 balls to crumble to 82 all out. India were also superb on the field, especially with their ground fielding, with only one difficult return catch missed by Trisha.
India charged at the total from the first over, with Trisha hitting three fours off the first five balls she faced. She took on legspinner Naidu for three fours in the fourth over as well. Reyneke then broke through, having Kamalini caught at long-on, but India did not slow down even then. Sanika Chalke joined Trisha and brought out a classy cover drive off her fourth ball as India mowed down more than half of the total within the powerplay.
Trisha was dropped on 38 in the covers in the 10th over, but even a wicket wouldn't have made much of a difference with India needing just 16 runs. Chalke wrapped it all up for India in the 12th over with a boundary and Trisha finished as the highest-run scorer of the tournament with 309 runs and was named the Player of the Match and the Player of the Tournament.
Sruthi Ravindranath is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo
Drivers Weigh In On Guaranteed Spots: It Reeks of Desperation
As the NASCAR Cup Series readies for another season beginning this weekend at Bowman Gray Stadium in North Carolina for the Cook Out Clash, drivers weighed in on a number of burning topics.
Among those was NASCARs recent Open Exemption Provisional rule, which allows an additional 41st entry into the Cup Series field for special or invited entries to any race.
The rule comes amid four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves bid to compete in the Daytona 500 later this month with Trackhouse Racings Project91 program.
Castroneves, despite being an open entry, will be guaranteed a spot in the race if he fails to qualify on time or through the duels at Daytona (Fla.) Intl Speedway.
Denny Hamlin, who doesnt shy away from voicing his opinion, believes it reeks of desperation, from the sport.
I dont know how else to say it, Hamlin said. I dont know how nice you can really say it. It just feels like you are really trying to get any kind of headline you can to be relevant and I dont love it.
The driver of the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota and co-owner of 23XI Racing continued, stating the move, while is a win for NASCAR with Castroneves track record, could be a long-term loss going forward.
I just think that you are premier stock car series in the U.S., Hamlin began. The premier racing sport in the U.S.; be the big boys and force people to come in here and get their credentials and do it the natural way.
I dont think it is going to be a big factor anywhere other than Daytona, but just simply put, saying that someone has a name that interests you and that they are going to have an automatic bid in the highest form of motorsports in the U.S. I dont love it.
When posed with the question, 2020 Cup Series champion Chase Elliott took a more neutral approach.
Youd hate to have a Helio Castroneves, a Max Verstappen, a Lewis Hamilton or someone come in to run a race and then miss the show due to something silly, Elliott said. So I can certainly see that aspect of it from a promotor side of things, where you wouldnt want to risk that because thats obviously going to be a big deal for you.
But I also think that with prestigious races, there should be some sort of integrity in making the show. I think thats part of what makes the race prestigious. You know, its a hard event to make.
On the flip side, Elliott pointed to other prestigious races like the Indianapolis 500 or the Chili Bowl Nationals as a reason to perhaps leave guaranteed spots out of racing.
I think you see that with the Indianapolis 500, or you see that at the Chili Bowl Its a hard race to make, Elliott said. Its a big deal just to get into the show, so I can see both sides of the fence there.
I think its totally fine. I just dont want to ever degrade or hurt the long-term integrity of the sport and take the prestige out of events that should be some of our biggest days of the year.
For 2023 Cup Series champion Ryan Blaney, the opportunity to compete alongside the former Team Penske driver is one hes looking forward to.
I might be biased, but I love Helio, so I was psyched when it was like, OK, hes running the 500. Oh, and hes locked in? Thats great for Helio,' Blaney said.
He was in Indy cars when I was over there at Penske for a while before he moved on, so I love Helio and Im happy that Im gonna be able to race against him because I loved growing up watching him run Indy cars, and then to get to be a semi-teammate driving for the same guy for a long time with Roger, so I didnt really have any thoughts about it, to be honest with you.
I was just excited that Helio is gonna be running the 500.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Chris Buescher may have entered this weekend as a sleeper to win the Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium.
However, after a stellar performance on Saturday, hell enter Sundays event with a strong case for victory.
The RFK Racing driver qualified second out of the 39 entries at the quarter-mile bullring oval. Following time trials, Buescher went unmatched in his heat to score a wire-to-wire victory and an outside front row starting spot for Sundays main event.
Hendrick Motorsports driver Chase Elliott starts on pole.
While on paper Bueschers night ended near perfect, the start was a different story. Through the first practice session, the No. 17 Ford sat 30th on the speed charts.
His RFK team, however, was prepared to rectify the problem.
We made big changes. The team made really good changes and just had a game plan coming in, Buescher explained. We ran a lot of simulation leading up to this. We dont typically do a ton of preliminary work from me as a driver in the simulator. Its typically a lot more after races, but given my track record at these quarter miles, I figured better bite off into that one.
I ran a lot more there and went through all three of our cars and tried to pick out the good and the bad, and our team did a good job of having changes ready so that when we got here and realized we were just way too loose, we were able to make quick adjustments to get in the ballpark, Buescher continued.
In our second session out there we were able to get on the other side of it and we were able to bring that back and then also just kind of tweak on some braking stuff at the same time and just got it to where it was a whole different race car for qualifying and for that heat race.
Bueschers teammates also showed strength during the heat races as Brad Keselowski finished second in the first heat while newcomer Ryan Preece fought his way to third in the fourth and final heat.
While each heat race was only 25 laps, Sundays finale is slated to be 200 laps. With it being the series first stop to Bowman Gray since 1971, theres still plenty of unknowns.
One of those is how tire wear will play out. Despite the small sample size, Buescher felt he was able to experiment with longer runs and find a baseline for what may work from a strategical standpoint.
I believe its gonna be colder yet tomorrow, but I think were gonna get to the point where youre gonna chase tire wear, Buescher said. Were gonna try to take care of stuff. We tried in the heat race. We tried to get a couple car lengths out and just kind of conserve from there. I think it did work.
We had something left at the end just to be able to get that little bit of gap, but I would imagine that we are gonna see it fall off.
I think we just hope that you can control it as a driver. If you can make a difference in that fall off, thats ideal. If we all fall off the same no matter what you do, then its hard to make a difference from behind the wheel, or as big a difference, but I feel like you can be smart about it and know when to push and make decisions at the right times that if the tire will react to that, then itll make comers and goers throughout the evening.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. It was a great night for NASCARs most popular driver.
After setting the fastest time in the final four-minute practice session and earning the top starting spot in the first qualifying heat, Chase Elliott won that heat wire-to-wire to win the pole position for Sundays Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium.
Elliott described track position at the tight quarter-mile track as critical to success.
Its going to be tough to win from the third or fourth row, said Elliott, who will share the front row with Heat 2 winner Chris Buescher, who led every lap of the qualifier and held off new Joe Gibbs Racing hire Chase Briscoe to claim the second starting spot in the 200-lap exhibition race.
I think the first couple of rows certainly have a massive advantage on the rest of the field. Obviously, anything can happen. You all have been watching long enough to know that anything can happen, and Im well aware of that. But I think just in a normal circumstance of people not totally crashing each other or whateveryeah, I certainly would want to be on the first couple of rows and, fortunately, we are. Well try to take advantage of that.
Heat 3 and 4 winners Denny Hamlin and Tyler Reddick will start from third and fourth on the grid, respectively. To underscore just how important starting position is, all four heat winners won wire-to-wire after posting the four fastest laps in the final practice sessions to earn their pole positions for the qualifiers.
The top five drivers in each heat advance to Sundays clash. The remaining 19 drivers will compete for two spots in a last chance qualifier that precedes Sundays main event. The 23rd spot in the field goes to the driver with the highest number of 2024 championship points not otherwise qualified for the Clash.
That provisional belongs to Ryan Blaney, who finished 10th after starting third in a wild first heat that featured three cautions in 25 laps. Kyle Larson, who started sixth and finished eighth in the second heat will have to race his way into the main event from the LCQ.
After battling a loose condition in his No. 17 Round Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford in the opening eight-minute practice session, Buescher benefited from adjustments made to the car based on considerable preparation time in the simulator.
We had the changes ready, so when we got there and realized we were just way too loose, we were able to make quick adjustments to get in the ballpark, said Buescher, who had failed to qualify for the main event in the last three Clashes at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Joining Elliott in the main event from Heat 1 were Brad Keselowski, Noah Gragson, Kyle Busch and Ross Chastain. Heat 2 qualifiers included Buescher, Briscoe, Shane van Gisbergen, Bubba Wallace and Daniel Suarez.
Advancing from Heat 3 in addition to Hamlin were reigning NASCAR Cup champion Joey Logano, William Byron, Carson Hocevar and Alex Bowman. Joining Reddick from Heat 4 were Christopher Bell, Ryan Preece, Austin Cindric and Todd Gilliland.
BOSTON -- David Pastrnak scored three goals and added an assist to lead the Boston Bruins to a 6-3 victory over New York on Saturday, spoiling J.T. Miller's return to the Rangers.
Charlie McAvoy, Charlie Coyle and Pavel Zacha also scored for Boston, which snapped a two-game skid. Jeremy Swayman finished with 22 saves.
Miller scored twice in his first game with the Rangers one day after they reacquired him from Vancouver in a multiplayer deal that sent Filip Chytil to the Canucks. Jonny Brodzinski also scored and Igor Shesterkin had 19 saves as New York lost its third straight in regulation after a 7-0-3 stretch.
After Miller's rising one-timer from the slot made it 1-1 at 10:55 of the first period, Pastrnak put Boston ahead for good when he slipped a shot past Shesterkin with 2:51 left.
After Miller's second sliced it to 4-2 early in the third, Pastrnak scored on a slap shot 46 seconds later.
Jets prevail in thrilling showdown vs. Capitals
WASHINGTON -- The top two teams in the NHL facing off in front of a fired-up sellout crowd of over 18,500 fans on an early February Saturday night in the U.S. capital did not disappoint.
The Washington Capitals and Winnipeg Jets delivered in a thrilling midseason matchup with a combined nine goals, including the 877th of Alex Ovechkin's career to put him 18 back of breaking Wayne Gretzky's record. That tied the score, the Jets pulled it out in overtime and just about everyone involved got their money's worth out of the 5-4 game.
"We knew how we were both sitting in the standings and both having real good years," Winnipeg coach Scott Arniel said after his team won its sixth game in a row. "You know you're going against some elite players on the opposite side, and we've been watching what they've been doing. You're following them in the standings, watching them on the highlights and when you have a game like that, exciting for the fans, not so much for the coaches."
Maybe even the goalie coaches because even with all the scoring, Connor Hellebuyck and Logan Thompson had some big saves throughout at either end of the ice. Each had 25 saves, or this could have been a double-digit vintage throwback to hockey from the 1980s.
"Both teams obviously have a goalie -- goalies -- that every time they're playing you expect to win, they give you a chance to win," said Capitals winger Tom Wilson, who scored his 21st goal of the season. "The caliber of hockey tonight was high, and they were all over us.
"It was good hockey. I'm sure it was a fun game to watch and guys working extremely hard and trying to get it done. Just [came up] a little short, and I think it's nice to prove to ourselves that we can play with the top in the league and we belong."
Washington erased a two-goal third-period deficit when Ovechkin scored with 7:39 left in regulation and set off "Ovi! Ovi!" chants. The moment may have been the loudest Capital One Arena has been all season.
"Two best teams playing, and it was a battle," Ovechkin said. "It was a hard game at both ends."
Arniel, who coached Ovechkin for four seasons as an assistant from 2018-22, has seen that kind of shot up close plenty of times before.
"That came off in a hurry," Arniel said, "And obviously 'Helley' didn't have time to react to that one."
Hellebuyck has won the Vezina Trophy as the league's best goaltender twice and is an overwhelming favorite to make it a third. Thompson has excellence since joining the Capitals in a trade from Vegas last summer and earlier this week was rewarded with a new six-year contract that begins next season worth $35.1 million.
But the goalies weren't the focus of this one.
"It was a crazy game," said Jets defenseman Josh Morrissey, who scored twice, including the OT winner. "There was a lot of weird stuff going on, a lot of goals. Obviously both teams are known for scoring, but also their defensive game. So I think both teams would probably want to clean some of those things up. But for just one game, a lot of swings. Great energy in the arena, and it was nice to be able to stick it out and get the two points."
If Washington can get through the Eastern Conference playoffs and Winnipeg through the West, the game certainly showed what a potential Stanley Cup Final might look like. These teams play again north of the border in March, but a best-of-seven series in June could be electrifying.
"Both teams have a lot of pride and want to show that they're the better team," Morrissey said. "We found a way to be resilient in the game, and definitely you can see why they're such a great team."
Tottenham Hotspur have agreed a 25 million ($25.9m) deal to sign centre-back Kevin Danso from Ligue 1 side Lens, sources have told ESPN.
The 26-year-old was on the verge of joining Wolverhampton Wanderers but Spurs' interest has seen the Austria international opt to sign a 5-year deal with the north London club.
Danso's prospective arrival comes amid Spurs' ongoing injury crisis that has prompted them to scour the transfer market for opportunities to add to their beleaguered squad.
Radu Dragusin is the latest member of Ange Postecoglou's team to be facing a lengthy spell on the sidelines after the Romania international suffered a worrying-looking knee injury in Spurs' Europa League win over Elfsborg on Thursday.
Danso played in the Premier League for Southampton, on loan from Augsburg, in 2019-20. Following another loan spell at Fortuna Düsseldorf the following season, he joined Lens. Danso has made 128 appearances for the French club and was named in the Ligue 1 team of the year in 2022-23.
Sources have told ESPN that Spurs are interested in signing players to cover a number of positions during the last days of the transfer window. The club had agreed a deal with Bayern Munich so sign highly-rated 19-year-old Mathys Tel, only for the forward to reject the chance to join them on Friday.
Spurs have won one of their last 11 Premier League matches and are languishing in 16th place in the table.
Postecoglou, who has seen his position as head coach come under increasing pressure in recent weeks, confirmed on Friday that Guglielmo Vicario, Brennan Johnson, Destiny Udogie, Wilson Odobert, Timo Werner and James Maddison are all in line to return to action in the next 10 days.
Spurs travel to face Brentford in their next Premier League fixture on Sunday.
Information from ESPN's James Olley contributed to this report
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