Tottenham Hotspur are the latest club credited with an interest in the young defender, along with Leicester City, Norwich City and Leeds United.
Tottenham Hotspur have had an initial offer of £300,000 offer rejected for the Leyton Orient centre-back, Dan Happe, who is also wanted by Leicester City, Norwich City and Leeds United, according to the Sun.
Leicester, Norwich and Leeds had all been credited with an interest in Happe beforehand. But it is Tottenham who appear to have made the surprise first move.
The 20-year-old impressed as Orient gained promotion back to the Football League last season, but recently entered the final 12 months of his deal.
Despite that, the Sun claims the League Two side are holding out for a higher fee, and hope to agree a season-long loan return with any buying club.
Leeds recently struck a similar deal with Tottenham for the teenage winger, Jack Clarke, who will now spend another year in Yorkshire.
Two of Tottenham’s key centre-backs, Jan Vertonghen and Toby Alderweireld, are already into their thirties, and bringing in Happe to shadow the pair could be a wise move from the Champions League runners-up.
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