Spurs: Conte plotting De Vrij bid

Tottenham Hotspur are thinking about a deal to carry Stefan de Vrij to the Premier League subsequent summer time.

What’s the speak?

That’s in response to a report by Italian media outlet CalcioMercatoWeb, who declare that, regardless of it wanting possible that the Inter Milan centre-back will stay on the San Siro past the top of the summer time switch window, the 30-year-old is at the moment distancing himself from the signing of a brand new contract with the Serie A facet – together with his present deal set to run out subsequent June.

The report goes on to state that Inter’s provide of a brand new contract would see the Netherlands worldwide take a major pay lower from his present €4.2m-per-year wage (£67k-per-week) to €3m-per-year (£48k-per-week), with it being mentioned that the potential of the defender leaving the Nerazzurri on a free subsequent summer time just isn’t out of the query.

Lastly, it’s acknowledged that, within the occasion that De Vrij does resolve to depart the San Siro on the finish of 2022/23, Antonio Conte may look to copy the deal that noticed Ivan Persic go away Inter for Tottenham on a free this summer time with the 30-year-old in 12 months time.

“Within the Vertonghen mould”

Contemplating simply how essential De Vrij was for Conte all through Inter’s Scudetto-winning marketing campaign again in 2020/21, it’s not tough to see why the 52-year-old can be eager to carry the Dutchman to north London subsequent summer time – particularly on a free.

Certainly, over his 32 Serie A appearances for Inter within the season earlier than final, the £25.2m-rated centre-back was in exceptional kind in Conte’s backline, serving to the Nerazzurri preserve 11 clear sheets, in addition to making a mean of 1.3 interceptions, 0.9 tackles, 2.9 clearances, 57.4 passes and profitable 3.3 duels – at successful charge of 60% – per recreation.

These returns noticed the 58-cap worldwide who Srijandeep Das dubbed a participant “in the Vertonghen mould” common an especially spectacular SofaScore match ranking of 7.03, rating him as Inter’s 10th-best performer of their title-winning marketing campaign.

As such, ought to Conte certainly handle to copy his Perisic swoop with the 30-year-old subsequent summer time, not solely would the Italian have added an extremely skilled defender to his present choices at Tottenham, however he may even have unearthed the membership’s subsequent Jan Vertonghen – a prospect that’s positive to please Spurs supporters.