Eric Dier’s stock has fallen for Tottenham Hotspur in recent seasons.
It seems a long, long time ago now that Manchester United were willing to spend £50 million on Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Eric Dier.
Well, that is what the Red Devils were willing to sign the Tottenham ace for back in the summer of 2017, according to The Guardian.
Fast forward nearly two years and Dier isn’t quite as influential for Spurs these days and probably wouldn’t command such a large transfer fee.
But it looks like he still has a fan in United legend Phil Neville, who wants to see his former club sign the 25-year-old this summer.
He told Sky Sports, when discussing his five dream signings for the Old Trafford club this summer: “Eric Dier as the holding midfield player and Philippe Coutinho, who there has been a bit of speculation about.
“You have to have British players in a title-winning team. [Ander] Herrera, Fred and [Scott] McTominay are part of the squad. [Nemanja] Matic, this season, has had a dip.”
The problem here is that if Dier isn’t a first-team regular for Tottenham, why would Ole Gunnar Solskjaer be rushing to sign him? United and Spurs are rivalling each other in the Premier League and it doesn’t seem sensible to sign one of Mauricio Pochettino’s squad players.
Dier is still a big player, but Harry Winks’s emergence has arguably overshadowed him and it remains to be seen if he can ever get back to the form which resulted in a reported £50 million price tag.
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