As I’ve written before, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg to Tottenham is as plausible a transfer rumour as you’ll find on the back pages right now.
- Spurs need a defensive midfielder and the 24-year-old is the right age profile, and has Premier League and Champions League experience.
- The Southampton skipper has admitted he is hungry to test himself at the next level in an interview with Danish outlet Sport1.
- Hojbjerg’s contract runs out in 2021 and he has no intention of signing fresh terms at St Mary’s, according to Football Insider.
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And now the Daily Star reports that the Saints are in financial trouble and face having to raise £100m in player sales if the club’s owner Gao Jisheng fails to sell his 80 per cent stake before the start of next season.
That means that Southampton could be under even more pressure to sell the Dane, unable to allow his value to drop as his contract winds down, which in turn likely makes a transfer economically viable for Spurs.
There’re no excuses for Levy not to get this done if Jose wants him.
Low balling clubs will not go down well, it backfired big time in the Jack Grealish affair. And we won’t be the only club interested him. He’s a strong player and can run all day, he’s improved through out his career. At 24 I’d take a chance on him, he’s at an unfashionable club and maybe goes under the radar a little. He’ll add steel to us and add a physical presence we lack. He’s mature for his age and has leadership ability on and off the field. He’d definitely shore up the midfield where all our problems start and he’d help Winks especially. A new right back who actually wants to defend and we’d start to look like a a different team.