It took Djed Spence a week to return home. Seven days after Leeds United terminated his season-long loan to the Championship due to alleged attitude and commitment problems caused by manager Daniel Farke, Djed Spence has found a new club in Italy until the end of the season. Tottenham announced on social media that Spence has completed his loan to Genoa until the end of the season.
In addition, Genoa have an option to buy Spence outright for €10 million, which is significantly less than the £12.5 million Spurs paid for him in the summer of 2022.
Spence’s loan was apparently considered as part of the Radu Dragusin transfer, but I also read that it was a separately agreed deal.
This is Spence’s third loan after Leeds and a loan to Stade Rennais in Ligue 1 last season, and it could well be his last if he does well in Italy; Spurs are apparently ready to cut ties with him after he parted ways with another manager, and Ange Postecoglou reportedly “wasn’t impressed” with Spence’s attitude at the start of the summer.
I believe in second chances and redemption, but it seems to me that it is now quite clear that if Djed Spence is going to succeed as a professional footballer at a high level, it will not be as a member of Tottenham Hotspur. I hope he does well at Genoa, as that is probably the most direct route to him leaving Spurs permanently, but it is also clear that he needs a fresh start somewhere else.