Van de Ven's Move to Barcelona in Jeopardy as LaLiga Giants Set Sights on His Tottenham Teammate

BARCELONA could ditch their interest in Micky van de Ven… in order to sign his Tottenham team-mate Luka Vuskovic instead.

The Catalan giants are eager to sign a new centre-back this summer.

Luka Vuskovic has impressed on loan at HamburgCredit: Getty Micky van de Ven has had a difficult periodCredit: Alamy

vice-captain Van de Ven is having impressed during three seasons in North London.

But with teenager Vuskovic having excelled on loan in the this season, could swoop for him instead.

The 19-year-old agreed to sign for Spurs from hometown club Hajduk Split in September 2023 for around £12million.

Vuskovic finally joined up with the North Londoners in the summer of 2025 following loan spells in Poland and Belgium.

He featured in pre-season under , even grabbing a goal and an assist in a 2-0 win at Reading.

The Croatian was subsequently an unused substitute in the penalty shoot-out Super Cup defeat to , as well as in Spurs’ opening two Premier League games of the season against and .

He subsequently signed for Hamburg on a season-long loan deal.

And the move has proven to be a huge success, with Vuskovic quickly becoming a key man in Germany.

Vuskovic, 19, featured for Spurs during pre-season last summerCredit: Shutterstock Editorial

In addition to excelling in defence, the 6ft 4in colossus has scored five goals in 23 Bundesliga appearances this term.

Van de Ven, meanwhile, has endured a difficult run of form amid Tottenham’s recent struggles.

Speculation has been rife surrounding his future, although the Dutchman denies already checking out.

Speaking to the press alongside boss Igor Tudor ahead of this week’s clash with , the Dutchman said: “Of course I’ve seen things passing by. It’s not something I look at a lot to be honest.

“Reporters just say some things where you’re like how do you even come up with this? Players are switched off or don’t care about the situation that’s happening right now?

“The only thing I can say is it’s not true.

“It would be strange if a player was in the dressing room now and saying ‘I’m going to leave either way’, or ‘I don’t focus about the situation because everything that’s going to happen, it doesn’t affect me’.

“I think it’s just nonsense. People just start believing it. What I said – it’s the biggest nonsense. Everybody is just focused on what’s going ahead and what’s in front of us.

“People are just making things up, and it’s just frustrating for us as well, because it brings so much more trouble as well, because the fans are starting to believe this.

“They start saying, the guys don’t care anymore what’s going to happen in the club about the situation.

“But trust me, all the people involved on the pitch, the staff, the players, everyone, they care so much about the situation we’re in right now. We just want to turn things around.”

Van de Ven spoke ahead of Spurs’ rematch with Atletico MadridCredit: Getty