Thomas Kristensen

[Sly]

https://www.footballinsider247.com/exclusive-tottenham-leicester-race-to-sign-thomas-kristensen-price-revealed/
 

Tottenham, Leicester City and Bayer Leverkusen are in a race to sign Udinese defender Thomas Kristensen, sources have told Football Insider.

 

Kristensen, 22, is valued at £16.5million by the Serie A club and they could be tempted by an offer around that sum.

Spurs are in the market for centre-back reinforcements due to their defensive injury crisis.

 

Ange Postecoglou’s side are believed to have watched the 6ft 6in defender in action during Udinese’s win at Fiorentina just before Christmas.

 

Leicester and Bayer Leverkusen are both looking to strengthen their centre-back options in January.

 

Kristensen is set to continue his rapid rise by being called up to the Denmark senior squad from the Under-21s for the next round of internationals in March.

 

He has made seven appearances in Serie A this term with a calf injury limiting his involvement in the first half of the 2024-25 campaign.

 

The 22-year-old joined Udinese from Aarhus in 2023 and signed a contract with the Bianconeri until June 2028.

Tottenham watch Udinese star Kristensen in action

 

Kristensen has racked up 79 appearances during his senior career to date, notching two goals and one assist.

 

Tottenham sit 11th in the Premier League and remain in contention to qualify to the Europa League knockout stages, while Leicester are 19th in their battle against relegation under Ruud van Nistelrooy.

[Verumex]

If this happens, how long before whoever does the team sheet graphic mixes up his and VK's numbers?

[TheStig]

Then instead of beeing Chelseas feeder club we´ll just switch to become the feeder club for the Danish national team.

[sphericalfox]

It’s the Norwegians we should be looking at not the Danish…

[AjcW]

I have zero hope for the two old fellas I've sat near a few times if VK and TK line up next to each other

[Kinowe Soorie]

10 minutes ago, sphericalfox said:

It’s the Norwegians we should be looking at not the Danish…

Always preferred Swedish tbf…

[orangecity23]

If he can play lb as well as CB, that means the options for a start at lb will be Thomas, Kristiansen, or Thomas Kristensen. Got some real "Who's on first" potential

 

 

[Ric Flair]

Same agent as Conor Coady....

[enmac]

16.5 M pounds!

[enmac]

Just now, enmac said:

16.5 M pounds!

4.5 M Euros on transfermarkt.

[lcfc sheff]

25 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

Same agent as Conor Coady....

Hopefully we can swap them then!

[desertfox2]

Same height as Vestergaard. There must be something in the water in Denmark.  

[JimJams]

Is the reason Coady has gone back into the side for his "leadership" qualities, ie his communication, and now that's not panning out we're just going all Danish to give some coordination and coherency at the back?

Cos Danes famously only speak Patois.

[Bluearmyfox28]

8 hours ago, enmac said:

16.5 M pounds!

Asking price, which usually means high point.

[FerrisBueller]

9 hours ago, desertfox2 said:

Same height as Vestergaard. There must be something in the water in Denmark.  

Since moving here, I’ve hit the 6ft mark. At least that’s what I tell birds.

[Claudio Fannieri]

Wonder if we could include Okoli in a deal especially if he is looking to go back to Italy. 
 

Let’s say the are prepared to offer our money back so nil PSR impact and in return we pay a slightly higher fee so say £20m instead of £15m but over 4/5 year amortisation it’s literally £1m per season.

 

Could be a win win for both parties.  

[Ric Flair]

2 minutes ago, Claudio Fannieri said:

Wonder if we could include Okoli in a deal especially if he is looking to go back to Italy. 
 

Let’s say the are prepared to offer our money back so nil PSR impact and in return we pay a slightly higher fee so say £20m instead of £15m but over 4/5 year amortisation it’s literally £1m per season.

 

Could be a win win for both parties.  

There's a few wingers, striker and Central midfielder that Parma own who I'd be very interested in.

[AKCJ]

3 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

There's a few wingers, striker and Central midfielder that Parma own who I'd be very interested in.

Left footed right winger alert 🚨

 

[kingpowerout]

21 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

There's a few wingers, striker and Central midfielder that Parma own who I'd be very interested in.

Dennis Man comes to mind 

Edited 4 January 2025 by kingpower

[The Guvnor]

16 hours ago, desertfox2 said:

Same height as Vestergaard. There must be something in the water in Denmark.  

Another tall useless fcuker, he’ll fit in well

Gerimin!

 

[moore_94]

https://sportwitness.co.uk/leicester-city-have-literally-stalked-player-foxes-ahead-in-race/
 

Leicester City have ‘literally stalked’ player – Foxes ahead in race
 

Last week, Leicester City and Tottenham Hotspur were mentioned as potential suitors for Udinese defender Thomas Kristensen.

 

German champions Bayer Leverkusen were also suggested as an interested party and more has now emerged about the situation around the 22-year-old defender.

 

Messaggero Veneto have reported that exits could be a problem for Udinese this month, even if manager Kosta Runjaic has made it clear that the club has no need to sell players in January.

 

Despite that, it is stated that Kristensen is being ‘literally stalked’ by Leicester City, who will have to pay about €16.5m to sign him, but that price tag doesn’t scare the Foxes at all.

 

While the report mentions that Tottenham and Leverkusen are also interested, they seem confident that it is Leicester City who are leading the race for the centre-back.

 

Kristensen’s exit will not be massive for Udinese by any means but the indication is that his loss will still impact the side, with the Dane having started three of the last four Serie A games for the club. He has made eight appearances in all competitions so far this season.

[Bluearmyfox28]

5 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

https://sportwitness.co.uk/leicester-city-have-literally-stalked-player-foxes-ahead-in-race/

Despite that, it is stated that Kristensen is being ‘literally stalked’ by Leicester City, who will have to pay about €16.5m to sign him, but that price tag doesn’t scare the Foxes at all.

Explains where Rudkin’s been on holiday then  

[Bluearmyfox28]

From the footage I’ve been able to find of Kristensen (his time in denmark) interestingly, he spent a lot of his time at right back or the right side of a back 3 which may further indicate a plan to move to a back 3?

 

From what I’ve seen he appears very similar to Vestergaard but he has a tad more pace and loves switching the ball with long diagonal passes. He doesn’t appear to use his size as well as he could though, again similar to Vesty.

[Sol thewall Bamba]

On 03/01/2025 at 01:27, Verumex said:

If this happens, how long before whoever does the team sheet graphic mixes up his and VK's numbers?

Should sign his brother as well when we sell Mads

[Finnegan]

40 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

will have to pay about €16.5m to sign him, but that price tag doesn’t scare the Foxes at all