Talks have been held between Tottenham and defender shining at Euro 2020

Tottenham has held talks with Southampton’s Jannik Vestergaard as they seek to improve their squad this summer.

The Lilywhites have plans to have a solid squad in place when next season starts after they named Nuno Espirito Santo as their latest manager.

The former Wolves boss needs all the support he can get as he prepares to help them become a top-four club again and one position he needs to sort out is the defence.

Spurs added Joe Rodon and Matt Doherty to their squad last summer, but they still struggled at the back.

They have now turned their attention towards Vestergaard who is enjoying a fine summer with the Denmark national team at Euro 2020.

The Daily Mail reports that they have already held talks over the transfer of the 28-year-old formerly of Borussia Monchengladbach.

Southampton is an ambitious club that would want to keep their best players, however, his current deal expires at the end of next season.

The Lilywhites will look to convince him to join them this summer instead of signing a new contract with the Saints.

They signed his national teammate, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg last summer when he also had just a year left on his contract at Saint Marys.