{"id":3011,"date":"2025-12-06T14:30:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T14:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/?p=3011"},"modified":"2025-12-06T14:30:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T14:30:07","slug":"destiny-udogie-opens-up-about-traumatic-event-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/?p=3011","title":{"rendered":"Destiny Udogie Opens Up About Traumatic Event In London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n                <span class=\"category meta-category\">All Stories<\/span><span class=\"category meta-category\">Azzurri<\/span><span class=\"category meta-category\">Juventus<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-excerpt\">\n<p>Destiny Udogie has opened up about allegedly being threatened with a gun in London and the Tottenham star is hoping to move forward.\u00a0 Destiny Udogie Opens Up About Alleged London Gun Threat On September 6th, Destiny Udogie was involved in a hugely traumatic encounter in London, as the Spurs defender was allegedly threatened with a [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Destiny Udogie has opened up about allegedly being threatened with a gun in London and the Tottenham star is hoping to move forward.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Destiny Udogie Opens Up About Alleged London Gun Threat<\/h2>\n<p>On September 6th, Destiny Udogie was involved in a hugely traumatic encounter in London, as the Spurs defender was allegedly threatened with a firearm by a soccer agent.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian international avoided any injuries from the event and the agent was arrested in the following days, but Udogie was left terrified and visibly shaken.<\/p>\n<p>An exact ruling is yet to be determined as the case is ongoing, but the Tottenham Hotspur star recently broke his silence over the event and is hoping to move forward.<\/p>\n<p>Udogie said: <em>\u201cObviously, it was important to feel that support. Because it\u2019s a new city for me. It\u2019s my third year at Spurs but obviously London is a big city. So to be here with my family and my daughter, it\u2019s good to have the club around me.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt was not something I\u2019d wish on anyone. It was a shock. But it\u2019s OK, now we look forward.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Despite this nightmare situation, Udogie has continued to perform for Spurs this season, making 15 appearances across all competitions and pushing to feature in Italy\u2019s World Cup play-off against Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old is yet to appear for the Azzurri under Gennaro Gattuso, but Udogie has been called-up to the Italy squad during Gattuso\u2019s reign.<\/p>\n<p>As revealed by Udogie, moving forward is the primary objective and the Italian defender is being monitored by a host of European sides.<\/p>\n<h2>Juventus Prepare Destiny Udogie Bid<\/h2>\n<p>The Tottenham Hotspur star was linked with a move away from North London during the recent summer transfer window, as the Lilywhites were open to any bids around \u20ac50million.<\/p>\n<p>Luciano Spalletti is said to be a huge admirer of the 23-year-old, handing Udogie his senior debut for the Azzurri in October 2023 and the Juventus manager is pushing to sign the defender in January.<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham Hotspur are at risk of losing another Italian during the opening month of 2026, as Guglielmo Vicario has attracted interest from Inter Milan.<\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old has become unsettled in England after facing boos from Spurs supporters following a mistake against Fulham and Vicario is now pushing for a move back to Serie A.<\/p>\n<p>Udogie will be a harder deal to complete for Juventus, as the Italian signed a long-term contract in December 2023, which does not expire until June 2030.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footitalia.com\/news\/destiny-udogie-opens-up-alleged-gun-threat-london\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All StoriesAzzurriJuventus Destiny Udogie has opened up about allegedly being threatened with a gun in London and the Tottenham star is hoping to move forward.\u00a0 Destiny Udogie Opens Up About Alleged London Gun Threat On September 6th, Destiny Udogie was involved in a hugely traumatic encounter in London, as the Spurs defender was allegedly threatened [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3011","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-spotlight-sugli-azzurri"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}