Tottenham Hotspur right-back Matt Doherty is expected to leave north London in the January transfer window.

What's the talk?

That's according to Fabrizio Romano, with the journalist revealing on a recent episode of the Here We Go podcast that Spurs boss Antonio Conte is looking to move a number of first-team players on in the upcoming winter market, and that the 29-year-old defender is one of them.

Speaking about the potential exit of the Republic of Ireland international next month, Romano said: "Doherty has a serious chance to leave in January. Tottenham are also thinking about the outgoings. Doherty is going to leave."

Fans will be buzzing

Considering how poor Doherty has generally been for Tottenham since his £15m move to North London back in the summer of 2020, the news that Spurs are looking to move the right-back on this winter is sure to have left many of the club's fanbase buzzing.

Indeed, over his 17 Premier League appearances last season - only 13 of which came as starts - the £10.8m-rated defender helped his side keep a mere three clean sheets, as well as being beaten by an opponent an average of 1.2 times and losing possession of the ball a whopping 13.3 times per game.

These returns saw the £74k-per-week man earn an extremely disappointing seasonal SofaScore match rating of just 6.76, ranking him as Spurs' 11th-worst performer in the top flight of English football last time out.

Things have not improved for the right-back over his four league outings this season, with the former Wolverhampton Wanderers defender averaging a SofaScore match rating of 6.72 - ranking him as Antonio Conte's eighth-worst player in the division so far.

As such, it will perhaps come as no surprise to many Tottenham fans that, in a recent poll ran on Football FanCast, the overwhelming majority of Spurs supporters voted in favour of their club moving the 29-year-old onto pastures new this winter.

As a result, Romano's latest update will undoubtedly come as music to the ears of many involved with the club, and we would have to agree that Doherty's rather hefty weekly wage could easily be put to much better use by Fabio Paratici and Conte in the January transfer window.

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