On the latest video for his YouTube channel, Football.london journalist Alasdair Gold has been discussing the latest goings-on at Tottenham Hotspur, with one of the topics being the latest on Everton and Spurs’ battle for Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg.
One topic of conversation on the recent video, was Southampton midfielder and reported Spurs transfer target Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg. The Lilywhites have been credited with an interest in the former Bayern Munich man for some time, however, they now appear to have a strong rival in their hopes of signing the Danish international this summer, with Everton having reportedly bid £25 million for him ahead of the summer transfer window.
However, Gold was quick to question these reports in his video, saying:
“Let’s talk about Hojbjerg as well from Southampton. It’s a weird one, it’s a classic Tottenham scenario. We had all the news suddenly broke last night [Tuesday] about Everton and an accepted £25 million bid. From everything I’ve heard from people around Everton, there’s certainly talks going on, but no indication that any £25 million bid has gone in. Everton are looking at a much lower fee than that for a guy that’s in his last year [of his contract].
“There also seems to be a real feeling that Hojbjerg wants Tottenham and [Jose] Mourinho.”
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This is perhaps good news for Spurs if Everton haven’t actually bid £25 million for the Dane, as reports have suggested that Daniel Levy was not willing to match that price. Considering the 24-year-old is currently valued at £10.8 million by Transfermarkt, and as Gold alludes to, is in the last year of his contract with the Saints, you can understand why he feels that Everton would be looking to pay far less than £25 million for the midfielder.
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It certainly looks likely that Hojbjerg will leave Ralph Hasenhuttl’s side this summer, so it will be interesting to see who out of Spurs and Everton can claim his signature.