Tottenham ‘join Newcastle in the race to sign Crystal Palace star Joachim Andersen’ with Roy Hodgson slapping a £50m price tag on the highly rated Danish defender
- Tottenham have reportedly joined the race to sign Crystal Palace star Joachim Andersen
- Newcastle and Brentford have also made inquiries about the Danish defender.
- Andersen made 32 Premier League appearances for the Eagles last season
Tottenham are reportedly set to rival Newcastle in a bid to sign Crystal Palace defender Joachim Andersen this summer.
Andersen won fans across the Premier League with his performances at the heart of the Eagles’ defense last season.
The former Lyon star built a strong partnership with Marc Guehi as the returning Roy Hodgson comfortably guided the club to a mid-table finish while suffering just two defeats in their last ten Premier League games.
Brentford made an inquiry to sign Andersen last month, and the Bees’ £20m valuation was said to be significantly lower than Palace’s asking price.
According to a report from Sun, Ange Postecoglou is interested in signing the 27-year-old as he looks to revamp the Spurs squad that failed to qualify for European football last season.
Tottenham have reportedly joined the race to sign Danish defender Joachim Andersen from Crystal Palace.
But Eagles boss Roy Hodgson is determined not to let the defender walk away without taking a significant fee.
If Spurs were to pay the asking price of £50m, he would rank right up there with Tangu and Ndombele as one of the club’s most expensive signings.
However, Palace are reportedly waiting for a £50m fee to allow the Denmark international to leave Selhurst Park this summer, a fee that would be close to the club record fee Spurs spent to sign Tanguy Ndombele in 2019.
Securing such a fee for Andersen would give Hodgson some wiggle room in the transfer market, as the former Liverpool boss is currently crippled by a tight budget.
Jefferson Lerma is the club’s only newcomer so far, joining from Bournemouth on a free transfer, with talisman Wilfried Zaha’s future still unknown after his contract expired at the end of June.
Meanwhile, Spurs have been active in the market, signing James Maddison, Italian goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario and making the loan of Dejan Kulusevski permanent as Postecoglou tries to put his stamp on the team.
However, star man Harry Kane is looking increasingly likely to leave Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, with Bayern Munich reportedly confident of securing the striker’s signature this summer.
