Tottenham Hotspur are eyeing up Leicester City defender Wout Faes as a potential replacement for Eric Dier.
Wout Faes is being viewed as a potential Eric Dier replacement if he leaves Tottenham Hotspur in the coming days.
That is according to Belgian reporter Sacha Tavolieri, who claims that Tottenham are already looking at potential replacements for Dier.
The 29-year-old simply isn’t in Ange Postecoglou’s plans and Spurs would no doubt like to sell before the deadline.
Dier isn’t suited to Postecoglou’s style of play but his exit would leave Tottenham needing to find another centre back.
Fulham ace Tosin Adarabioyo has been a key target his summer but he seemingly prefers a move to join Monaco instead.
That means Tottenham must look elsewhere and Tavolieri claims that Leicester defender Faes is one of the options.
This comes just a week after Ben Jacobs told Last Word on Spurs that Spurs had been looking into signing Faes.
Jacobs suggested that a deal was unlikely because Leicester don’t want to sell, but he certainly appears to be a name on the Spurs radar.
Wout Faes an interesting target for Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham would surely love to sign a homegrown defender as a priority, which is why Adarabioyo has been targeted.
Faes doesn’t tick that box but he may have shown enough with Leicester last season to earn himself a move to North London.
The Belgian joined Leicester in a deal worth around £15million last summer having impressed with Stade de Reims in France.


Faes was hailed as a ‘leader’ by his Reims boss Oscar Garcia and this view is echoed by Anderlecht academy manager Jean Kindermans.
Faes appears to have really impressed with his mentality and personality as much as his technical and defensive abilities.
The 6ft 2in defender is 25 but still has untapped potential and Postecoglou may believe that he is the ideal competition for Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven.
Convincing Leicester to sell before the deadline won’t be easy but the lure of a move back to the Premier League could appeal to Faes in the coming hours.
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