Luton Town Linked With Purchase Of A Defender
Soccer Football - DFB Cup - First Round - Wehen Wiesbaden v Borussia Dortmund - Brita-Arena, Wiesbaden, Germany - August 7, 2021 Borussia Dortmund's Antonios Papadopoulos in action with Wehen Wiesbaden's Thijmen Goppel REUTERS/Leon Kuegeler DFB regulations prohibit any use of photographs as image sequences and/or quasi-video
Yesterday, I pontificated over the fact there had been very little in the way of transfer rumours, relating to Luton Town so far, this summer.
Thankfully, that situation was rectified yesterday when news broke, courtesy of Football League World which is based on an article in the German publication Bild, that the Hatters were, supposedly, rivalling Preston North End for the purchase of a central defender.
The player in question is currently on the books of Borussia Dortmund and has been identified as Antonios Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos is a central defender who can also play as a holding midfielder, at 22-years-of-age, he is yet to reach his prime and would seem to be the ideal replacement for the departed Kal Naismith.
But one thing troubles me about this piece of transfer tittle-tattle, the price!
Seemingly, Dortmund wants a fee of £1.3 million for the player which too me puts him out of Luton’s range, I’d imagine that amount, unless money can be raised by selling players, exceeds our whole summer transfer budget, especially with Power Court to be financed.
However, it’s always interesting to read speculation, involving Luton, during the summer transfer window and I thought I’d see just, over the coming weeks who has been linked with a move and see if we can get a complete XI.
Currently, the XI looks as thus:
Goalkeeper – Matt Ingram
Defender –
Defender – Antonios Papadopoulos
Defender –
Defender –
Midfield –
Midfield –
Midfield –
Striker –
Striker –
Striker –
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