We’ve heard a lot of dumb — and some not-so-dumb — rumors about Tottenham Hotspur already this summer, none of which are particularly trustworthy since Johan Lange has seemingly sealed all legitimate Spurs leaks inside the box from Dark Matter. But while we are a discerning Tottenham Hotspur blog and won’t bring you the worst of the rumors (except in Matty’s Bat Country pieces), we will now and then bring you nuggets of stuff we think is plausible.
Like this one — BILD (paywalled, via SportWitness) is writing today that Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg has emerged as a potential target for Dortmund in the Bundesliga. Hojbjerg has been [air quotes] strongly linked [air quotes] with Turkish side Fenerbahce and their new manager Jose Mourinho in recent days, and there are persistent, small links to various clubs in Italy. Hojbjerg’s new agent, Luca Puccinelli, has already said that Hojbjerg will not look to his future until after Denmark’s run in the EUROs is over.
Speaking of the EUROs, they’re being held in Germany which probably has given Dortmund officials plenty of opportunities to scout players. BILD writes that Hojbjerg has spent plenty of time in Germany during his career (stints at Bayern, Augsburg and Schalke) and Dortmund are looking to upgrade Emre Can and Salih Özcan this summer; Pierre would be one option if one of those two were to be sold or leave the club this summer.
That would be a pretty good place for Pierre to land should he leave Spurs, which seems likely. He’s had a pretty decent tournament with Denmark so far and it’s not inconceivable that he could raise his profile (and possibly his selling price) before returning to Spurs for the start of preseason training. BILD writes that Hojbjerg could leave for “a small fee” but doesn’t really say what that is. Guess we’ll find out eventually.
As always, we’ll see — this leak is almost certainly agent-driven and we won’t know until something is permitted to escape from the adamantium box at the center of Hotspur Way. But I wouldn’t hate it!