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title: "Tottenham Hotspur: Paul Robinson discusses Eric Dier’s Spurs future"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "George McGibbon"
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published: "2021-03-09T18:40:17Z"
modified: "2021-03-09T18:40:17Z"
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# Tottenham Hotspur: Paul Robinson discusses Eric Dier’s Spurs future

**In a recent interview, [former Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/paul-robinson/leistungsdatenverein/spieler/3630) Paul Robinson discussed Eric Dier’s future at Spurs, as well as tipping the club to land a new centre-back this summer.**

Having been an integral part of Jose Mourinho’s defence for the best part of the season, over recent weeks Dier has found his game-time [becoming more limited](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/eric-dier/leistungsdaten/spieler/175722) under the manager, who himself claimed that the centre-back was going through something of a [crisis of confidence](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/feb/09/jose-mourinho-tottenham-eric-dier-everton).

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However, the [£22.5m-rated](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/eric-dier/marktwertverlauf/spieler/175722) 27-year-old [hit back at the criticism he has faced](https://www.football.london/tottenham-hotspur-fc/players/eric-dier-hits-back-being-19918401), suggesting that he is happy with his level of performance for Spurs so far this season.

In a recent interview with [Football Insider](https://www.footballinsider247.com/tottenham-tipped-to-sign-centre-back-amid-dier-crisis-robinson/), Robinson stated his belief that Mourinho is still a big fan of Dier, but went on to suggest that the 58-year-old will look to add depth to the centre-back position this summer.

He said: “I still think Jose is a big fan of Dier. I think he will be a part of the plans moving forward even though I think they will sign another centre-half in the summer. Yes, he has looked susceptible of late but so has Davinson Sanchez. I think another centre-half would help, and competition for places is always a good thing.”

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### Transfer Tavern Take

Dier has been in unremarkable form over his [21 Premier League appearances](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/117973/Show/Eric-Dier) for Tottenham so far this season, averaging [0.8 tackles, 0.9 interceptions 4.8 clearances and 1.1 blocks](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/117973/Show/Eric-Dier) per game, culminating in an average [WhoScored match rating of 6.71](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/117973/Show/Eric-Dier) – ranking him as the club’s [12th-best performer](https://www.whoscored.com/Teams/30/Show/England-Tottenham) in the top flight, and their third-best centre-back.

With Mourinho reportedly informing Daniel Levy of his [desire to add a top-class centre-back to the Spurs defence](https://www.teamtalk.com/news/mourinho-tells-levy-sign-ruben-dias-next-tottenham-signing) last summer, and subsequently [failing to do so](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/tottenham-hotspur/transfers/verein/148), it would not be surprising to see Tottenham target a new addition to the position this summer, be that at the expense of or alongside Dier.

***In other news: Tottenham are also monitoring this attacker, find out more [here.](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tottenham-transfer-rumours/tottenham-hotspur-daniel-levy-and-spurs-plot-pre-summer-swoop-for-kyle-joseph/)***