Tottenham Hotspur have been heavily linked with Sampdoria’s Mikkel Damsgaard, and he’s enjoying a fine Euro 2020.
What’s the story?
Samp News 24 reported earlier this month that Tottenham are ‘preparing a new assault’ to sign winger Damsgaard following Fabio Paratici’s arrival.
Paratici knows all about the top talents playing in Italy, and seemingly wants to make Damsgaard one of his first Tottenham signings.
It’s even suggested that Jose Mourinho and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg both recommended Damsgaard to Tottenham before Paratici came in.
Tottenham target Damsgaard shining at Euro 2020
This hasn’t been an easy time for Denmark, with Christian Eriksen’s collapse in their first game threatening to derail their tournament.
Eriksen is on the road to recovery now, and Damsgaard has been doing a fine job in his place, scoring a stunner against Russia last week before tormenting Wales, leading to huge praise from Kasper Schmeichel, who branded him ‘phenomenal’.
Damsgaard and Denmark are into the quarter-finals now, and he has another chance to show the world what he’s all about having only left Norsdjaelland for Sampdoria last summer.
What has Ferrero said?
Sampdoria president Massimo Ferrero has told GR Parlamento, as quoted by Football Italia, that Damsgaard is ‘not for sale’.
Ferrero suggested that Damsgaard may now be worth up to €50million (£43million) after a fine summer, meaning Tottenham would have to dig deep to sign him.
“I don’t know how much he’s worth right now because he is not for sale,” said Ferrero. “I am keeping a tight hold of him and we’ll help him to develop, because I want to make a healthy profit at the end of it. As far as I am concerned, he is worth somewhere between €30m and €50m. He has talent and he will go far,” he added.
That price would make Damsgaard Tottenham’s second most expensive signing of all time, behind only Tanguy Ndombele.
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