Tottenham have been linked with quite a few players this summer and one of those has been Southampton captain Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (Standard), well, he was their captain but not no more.
It is being reported that the Saints manager Ralph Hassenhuttl has stripped Hojbjerg of the captaincy and handed it to James Ward-Prowse.
This was always on the cards for the simple reason that Hojbjerg has refused to commit to Southampton on a long term basis and has even gone public with his desire to play for a bigger club (90Mins).
This is significant news, it means that there is now very little chance of the Dane remaining on the south coast and that a move away is now inevitable.
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The news that Hojbjerg was relieved of the Southampton captaincy was revealed by Sky Sports Lyall Thomas via his Twitter account.
Ralph Hasenhuttl has stripped Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg of the #Southamptonfc captaincy after he publicly discussed wanting to play at a 'higher level'. Given to James Ward-Prowse #Saintsfc #THFC
— Lyall Thomas (@SkySportsLyall) June 17, 2020
The ball is now clearly in Tottenham’s court, Hojbjerg has done his bit, Southampton appears to have made their decision and it is now down to Daniel Levy and Jose Mourinho to do what they have to do to sign the 24-year-old midfielder.
Can we stop with the speculation blogs ? There’s Newsnow for that crap.