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‘Why?’: Some Tottenham fans confused by link to PL player they ‘don’t need’

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Tottenham are eyeing a move for Bournemouth goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale, according to the Daily Mail.

They report that if the Cherries slip out of the Premier League this weekend, Spurs will swoop for the 22-year-old stopper.

Bournemouth have had goalkeeping issues in previous seasons but an impressive breakthrough season has seen Ramsdale establish himself as first choice.

Tottenham apparently want a new ‘keeper to offer competition for Hugo Lloris, who only has one year of his current deal remaining.

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Spurs are clearly keen on a new Englishman between the sticks, with Ben Foster and Marcus Bettinelli also apparently on their radar.

That’s three goalkeeping targets who could all potentially be Championship players within weeks.

That would be the case of Bournemouth and Watford dropped this weekend and Bettinelli’s Fulham failed to escape the Championship via the play-offs.

That said, Liverpool have shown there is potential to be had at relegated clubs, poaching Andy Robertson, Gini Wijnaldum and Xherdan Shaqiri in recent seasons.

Spurs fans don’t appear to be too impressed by the links to Ramsdale, and we’ve picked out some of the Twitter reaction below…