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Tottenham transfer news: Spurs on red alert as PSV eye Toby Alderweireld swoop

Toby Alderweireld
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PSV Eindhoven want to sign Tottenham centre-back Toby Alderweireld, according to reports.

Alderweireld ended months of speculation about his future by signing a new contract with Spurs in December 2019.

That deal runs until 2023 and the Belgium international is still a key part of Jose Mourinho’s first-team squad.

The club have supposedly reached out to Alderweireld’s agent, Stijn Francis, to ask if the player would be open to a move to PSV.

Mourinho’s side are competing on four fronts and the Portuguese will not want to weaken his squad midway through the season.

Moreover, it is unclear whether PSV would be able to meet Alderweireld’s wage demands.

Alderweireld appears to be fully focused on life at Tottenham for now, and he spoke to the media ahead of Sunday’s FA Cup clash with eighth-tier Marine.

"You can’t really win the game. If you win, you’re expected to," he said. “So it’s pressure but it is good to have pressure - if you have no pressure, you are a little bit sloppy. 

“Everyone expects us to win easily but it’s never that easy because, for most of those guys, it’s the game of their lives, so they’re going to do everything to make it as difficult as possible. 

“It’s up to us to start well and give a good level of performance. If we put the same work rate in as them then, of course, quality will beat them.”

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