Agent: Vertonghen close to Spurs switch

The two clubs have yet to agree a fee for the defender, with Spurs chairman Daniel Levy reluctant to pay the Dutch side’s asking price with the 25-year-old set to enter the final year of his contract.

A deal has been in the offing for some time, with the Belgium international keen on a move to White Hart Lane.

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Nick Moore

Nick Moore is a freelance journalist based on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. He wrote his first FourFourTwo feature in 2001 about Gerard Houllier's cup-treble-winning Liverpool side, and has continued to ink his witty words for the mag ever since. Nick has produced FFT's 'Ask A Silly Question' interview for 16 years, once getting Peter Crouch to confess that he dreams about being a dwarf.