The club chairman is contacting Tottenham’s £60million ace in a “major operation” to sign him

A member Tottenham Hotspur the team have now been personally contacted by the club’s chairman, who is personally spearheading an ambitious plan to take the player away from north London in January.

Tottenham take on Southampton on the back of a run of one win in eight games

Head coach of Spurs Ange Postecoglou is in a real uphill battle at the moment, having watched his struggling side win just once in their last eight games in all competitions.

The Lilywhites are also going through a major injury crisis, with Postecoglou relying on youngsters like Lucas Bergwall and Archie Gray far more regularly than he had hoped.

Spurs only have one good centre-back in Rado Dragusin to turn to right now, after both Mickey van de Ven and Christian Romero were quickly relegated to the sidelines following their very brief return to the starting eleven against Chelsea last weekend.

They were probably lucky to escape Ibroke with a 1-1 draw against Rangers in the Europa League on Thursday, which did little to dampen hopes among fans, but Postecoglou actually praised his side’s “character” to claw back from 1-0 down in a very atmospheric the field.

“We cannot dismiss the situation we are in right now.” At the moment we are very limited in what we can do from a team perspective, there are a lot of players who play a lot of games and they give their all, but they will lack a bit of sharpness because we can’t give them a rest.” he said Postecoglou on the problems at Spurs right now.

“In that context, it’s about making sure there are some fundamentals in our game that we’re going through.”

“Like I said, you look at the Chelsea game and elements of that were brilliant for us in the way we played our football. The ability to play at that level is still there. It’s just last night, and we have to keep it in context, it’s a tough place, it’s always tough for any team that goes to Europe historically to get a result and I just felt there were times when we weren’t as committed to winning the second and doing a lot things to do when you go to Ibrok. We lost those battles that allowed them to get into the game.

“The flip side of that is when you’re 1-0 down it’s awfully hard to turn it around because the stadium volume goes up 100 decibels and it’s hard to come back.” I thought we showed real character.”

Postecoglou’s side travel to St Mary’s and he will be hoping for nothing but a win against the struggling side Premier League side, even if it will be without many key players.

Tottenham will be without 60 million pounds striker Richarlisonamong the multitude of absentees, and his future has recently been called into question.

Ben Jacobs of GiveMeSport reported this earlier this week Richarlison is set to leave Spurs in 2025 after initially opting to stay and fight for his place in the summer, Fluminense are now believed to be keen to take advantage.

According to South American newspaper Itatiaia Esporte, The president of Fluminense personally contacted Richarlison behind the scenes, while they start the “big operation” of signing the Brazilian representative already in January.

Although it has been described as a “difficult job”, they have set their sights high and want the 27-year-old on a one-year loan with an option to buy him outright.

The club are prepared for “several meetings” over the transfer as they try to hammer out an agreement that satisfies both parties Daniel Levy and player, with Richarlison apparently “ready” to make a move there.