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Galatasaray eye up Tottenham duo Wimmer and Janssen

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Galatasaray are eyeing up Tottenham’s Kevin Wimmer and Vincent Janssen, according to Ajansspor.

The Turkish news outlet claims that Janssen has been a long-term target of the Istanbul-based club, who are looking at him once more after a poor debut season with Spurs.

Wimmer, 24, has struggled for game-time under Mauricio Pochettino this season and Ajansspor claims that is what has attracted the attention of European giants Galatasaray.

Pochettino has a relatively settled centre of defence and strike force, which has forced Wimmer and Janssen to the fringes of his squad.

Janssen signed for Spurs last summer in a deal worth £17million from Dutch club AZ Alkmaar, but has seen his chances in the starting line-up limited to just seven times in the Premier League.

The 22-year-old scored just twice in 27 league appearances and netted a further four goals in the FA and EFL Cups.

You would have to go all the way back to October to find a game where Janssen played all 90 minutes of a Spurs fixture

That came when he scored his first Premier League goal in a 1-1 draw with Leicester at White Hart Lane.

Wimmer has only played ten times across all competitions for Spurs this campaign, with his last appearance coming in the 4-3 win over Wycombe in the FA Cup in January.

The Austrian centre-back signed for Tottenham in 2015 from FC Koln in a deal worth £4.3million.

In two years, Wimmer has made just 31 appearances in all competitions for Spurs.

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