West Ham United are reportedly keen on Tottenham Hotspur’s Eric Dier.
Tottenham Hotspur certainly face a tricky summer transfer window with regards to the global health crisis, and it may lead to some difficult decisions.
Jose Mourinho would no doubt like to keep most of his squad together, but rumours about Harry Kane’s future have been rampant of late – and there’s a decision to make on Eric Dier too.
The 26-year-old is out of contract in 2021, and the Daily Star recently noted that Dier’s position is the key sticking point in talks, as he wants to play as a centre back moving forward.
Dier has played in midfield and even at right back since joining Spurs back in 2014, but now wants assurances that he will be a defender if he signs a new deal.
Mourinho had utilised him there before the pandemic hit football, so there is a chance that Dier does end up signing a new deal and staying with Tottenham long-term.
Yet the Daily Star (back page, 12/04) reported that West Ham United now want to sign Dier, and are hoping for a cut-price deal due to Dier’s contract situation.
Dier worked with West Ham boss David Moyes at Everton, so a reunion would make some sense – especially if the Hammers lose Issa Diop this summer.
Yet West Ham fans aren’t impressed, suggesting that they would rather have Carlos Sanchez or Havard Nordtveit than Dier, believing that he is ‘overrated’ and ‘awful’, with many hoping this is a late April Fool’s Joke…
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