Tottenham and Juventus may be headed towards sensational swap deal

January could be a very interesting month for Tottenham and Juventus fans. The two clubs could swap Christian Eriksen for Paulo Dybala.

Paulo Dybala isn’t enthused about playing second fiddle to Cristiano Ronaldo at Juventus. Christian Eriksen isn’t overjoyed at the thought of earning less money than Harry Kane at Tottenham. The two talented attackers could be set to exchange clubs in January as a result.

Calciomercato reports that Spurs are one of three European clubs interested in acquiring Dybala from The Old Lady in January. If Tottenham are going to win the race against Manchester United and PSG, they’ll need to have an ace up their sleeve. According to Italian sources, that ace could be the club’s Danish midfielder.

Eriksen, of course, is in the midst of running down his contract with Spurs. He’ll have the ability to sign a pre-contract with the club of his choice in January due to the Bosman Rule. Juventus have a recent practice of paying massive wages to incoming players on free transfers lately. Eriksen could follow in the footsteps of Emre Can and Aaron Ramsey to make a lucrative move from the Premier League to Serie A.

Getting Eriksen into the fold six months early should be attractive to a Juventus side that values stability in the side. It’s unlikely Eriksen would be eligible to help them in their Champions League pursuits this season, but he could provide the club a valuable domestic push down the stretch. If Juventus are ready to offload Dybala, they could see adding Eriksen as a great way to justify the transaction.

Spurs would prefer Eriksen to sign a new deal to keep him in North London, but that doesn’t seem overly likely at the moment. Tottenham have made numerous attempts to re-sign him, but the talented midfielder and his representatives continue to keep club officials at bay. From the Spurs perspective, sending Eriksen to Italy in exchange for a dynamic young talent like Dybala represents a dream scenario.

The challenge here, of course, is that Juventus will certainly want more than just Eriksen in exchange for their Argentine dynamo. That means Spurs will likely need to kick in serious cash to make a deal work. Daniel Levy and company might not be willing to do that given the wage packet they’ll need to provide Dybala.

Still, there’s a lot of solid framework already in place to make a deal work between the two clubs. At the very least, it’s a situation worth monitoring closely over the next 90 days or so.