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title: "Tottenham Hotspur: Spurs confident of completing deal for Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tottenham-hojbjerg-transfer-latest-confident-completing-deal/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Thomas Ward"
section: "Opinion"
published: "2020-07-23T17:00:12Z"
modified: "2020-07-23T17:00:12Z"
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# Tottenham Hotspur: Spurs confident of completing deal for Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg

**Tottenham Hotspur are ‘confident’ of completing a deal for Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, even though Southampton have accepted a bid from Everton for the midfielder.**

Hojbjerg has made it clear he wants to move to [Spurs](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tottenham-transfer-rumours/tottenham-hotspur-pierre-emile-hojbjerg-prefers-move-to-spurs-over-arsenal-this-summer/), where [Jose Mourinho](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/jul/22/tottenham-confident-of-signing-pierre-emile-hojbjerg-from-southampton) is willing to play him in front of the back four. Mourinho has identified the Dane as the signing he needs to rebuild Spurs’ midfield.

According to [The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/jul/22/tottenham-confident-of-signing-pierre-emile-hojbjerg-from-southampton), as per [@Daily\_Hotspur](https://twitter.com/Daily_Hotspur/status/1285958882674855937), Tottenham are confident that they can sign Hojbjerg from Southampton. [Dave Hytner](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/jul/22/tottenham-confident-of-signing-pierre-emile-hojbjerg-from-southampton), the newspaper’s chief football correspondent, claims that Spurs will look to conclude negotiations with the Saints, despite falling short of their asking price so far.

![](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/THE-BREAKDOWN.png)

Southampton plan to use Everton’s £25m bid as a benchmark, while Daniel Levy will look to lower their valuation.

Hojbjerg has told [the Saints](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/jul/22/tottenham-confident-of-signing-pierre-emile-hojbjerg-from-southampton) that he will not be signing a new deal at St Mary’s and he was removed from the captaincy by Ralph Hasenhuttl as a result.

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The ex-Bayern Munich ace has lost his place in the starting line-up since the Premier League restart, although he played the full 90 minutes against [Brighton](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/pierre-emile-hojbjerg/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/167799/verein/180) at right-back.

Hojbjerg has played 33 games in [the Premier League](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/101859/Show/Pierre-Emile-H%C3%B8jbjerg) this season, supplying one assist, taking 1.4 shots, winning 2.4 tackles and completing 1.5 clearances per game on average (via [WhoScored](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/101859/Show/Pierre-Emile-H%C3%B8jbjerg)).

![](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Verdict.png)

Although it looks like [the Lilywhites](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tottenham-transfer-rumours/tottenham-hotspur-pierre-emile-hojbjerg-prefers-move-to-spurs-over-arsenal-this-summer/) are the favourites to sign him at the moment, a deal seems far from done.

While he will not be available for a cut-price fee as the club had initially hoped, in reality he should be more than affordable, as Levy spent £53.8m on [Tanguy Ndombele](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48841318) last year.

Spurs could be set for a reshuffle if Hojbjerg arrives in the summer, as former Pochettino favourite [Harry Winks](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/harry-winks-tottenham-future-doubt-22376928) may be forced to make way, while questions remain over [Ndombele’s future](https://theathletic.com/1891033/) in north London.

***Tottenham fans, do you think Daniel Levy should sign Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg in the summer? Let us know in the comments below!***