Harry Maguire has been solid for England in Russia so far, so should Tottenham Hotspur encourage their contingent to talk up a summer move to north London?
Harry Maguire’s rapid rise to the top shows no signs of slowing down, and Tottenham Hotspur are a club who need to be thinking about acquiring a new centre-back this summer.
As reported by the Manchester Evening News, Toby Alderweireld is a legitimate transfer target for Manchester United and might leave the club if Daniel Levy can squeeze enough out of their Premier League rivals.
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The Belgian centre-half only has one year left to run on his current with Spurs, and there is a real fear among the club’s fans that he could be poached this summer by Jose Mourinho, which is why it could be an idea for Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino to instruct his stars to plant the seed for Maguire.
The Leicester City defender had a great first season with the Foxes, and the Sun even claimed that Pep Guardiola was willing to spend £50 million to sign him for Manchester City back in January.
There is no doubting the 25-year-old is getting better and better, and his club form has followed him right into the international setup.
At the World Cup, Tottenham have Harry Kane, Dele Alli, Danny Rose, Eric Dier and Kieran Trippier representing the Three Lions, and it might be an idea for those players to subtly mention what a great environment Spurs is for English talent.
Nothing too heavy – after all, there is a World Cup at stake and focus must be on that – but there is surely no harm in jokingly throwing in the odd comment.
There has not yet been any indication Tottenham are even interested, but they definitely could a lot worse than someone of such age, quality and experience.
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