Marseille have agreed a deal with Tottenham Hotspur for the signing of Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg.
The transfer will be an initial loan with an obligation to buy. The French club are set to pay their English counterparts a total package worth €20million (£16.8m) to secure the services of the Denmark international.
Should everything go according to plan, the 28-year-old is now set to leave the Premier League after eight seasons in England’s top flight.
Hojbjerg joined Spurs from Southampton in the summer of 2020, having previously spent four years with the south-coast club following a move from Bayern Munich.
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He has one year left to run on his current Spurs contract, and the club had been willing to sanction his departure if the right offer came in. Atletico Madrid were also credited with an interest in him.
Hojbjerg had been a regular for Spurs, but with head coach Ange Postecoglou tending to favour Pape Matar Sarr alongside Yves Bissouma and Rodrigo Bentancur, Spurs are well-stocked in central midfield.
He was a near ever-present in the Spurs side two seasons ago but has since seen his game time limited. Despite making 36 appearances in the Premier League in the previous campaign, much of those came via cameo spells off the bench.
Spurs are preparing for their upcoming season and face newly-promoted Leicester City and Everton in their opening two Premier League fixtures in August.
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