It seems inevitable that Tottenham Hotspur will secure the signing of Radu Dragusin in the near future.

On Wednesday, Spurs appeared to outshine Bayern Munich in the competition for the Genoa defender.

Dragusin chose Tottenham over Bayern, arriving at Hotspur Way on Wednesday to finalize the move and undergo his medical, as reported by Fabrizio Romano. The 21-year-old successfully passed his Spurs medical earlier in the day, though there is no official announcement yet, and no reports of any delays.

While Tottenham celebrates their imminent gain, it’s not only a loss for Bayern but also for Serie A, losing yet another top talent.

The trend of Serie A talents moving to England continues, with players like Guglielmo Vicario, Destiny Udogie, and Wilfried Gnonto flourishing in the Premier League after leaving the Italian top flight.

Dragusin appears to be the latest player making the leap from Serie A to the Premier League, and Italian football journalist Valentina Ballarini expressed discontent in a column on Sport Italia, deeming the defender’s move to Tottenham a poignant example of a ‘sad’ situation in Italian football.

Ballarini wrote, “The problem is that everything is collapsing from every point of view. I shift my attention to the market, and here too the situation is grotesque not only for the usual and overused reason that there is no money.”

She questioned how Italian football could lose Dragusin, emphasizing that Juventus had a promising defender and let him go to Genoa for a mere 5.5 million. Ballarini raised concerns about the lack of attention from other big teams in need of a defender, especially given Dragusin’s impressive six months in Serie A with Genoa.

Tottenham’s knack for securing talent from Serie A is highlighted, with Dragusin poised to join the ranks of players like Vicario and Udogie. The journalist pointed out that even clubs like Juventus failed to retain players like Dragusin, who Tottenham and Bayern are now vying for.

Tottenham’s successful signings from Italian clubs in recent years, such as Dejan Kulusevski and Rodrigo Bentancur from Juventus, further emphasize their impact on Serie A’s talent pool.

The journalist concluded by highlighting the remarkable oversight in Italian scouting, citing the case of Wilfried Gnonto, who joined Leeds from FC Zurich, Switzerland, without any Italian club scouting him before leaving Serie A.