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Tottenham Hotspur have 'stepped up' their efforts to sign England international Angel Gomes on a free transfer this summer, amid reports of competition from Premier League rivals West Ham and Manchester United.
That's according to TBR Football, with the outlet claiming that Spurs are 'pushing hard' to snap up the 24-year-old. Gomes is currently playing his football at Lille but his contract is due to expire at the end of the current campaign.
The midfielder has pushed himself into the England team this season, earning his first senior cap in the Nations League meeting with Ireland last September. He has gone on to earn three further Three Lions appearances.
Spurs want to be ‘front of queue’ for England international
A product of the Manchester United youth academy, Gomes made 10 senior appearances for the Red Devils, making his debut at the tender age of 16. He then left Old Trafford at the end of his contract to join Lille in 2022.
TBR Football claim that Spurs are determined to put themselves at the 'front of the queue' to recruit Gomes this summer, a free transfer too golden a deal to pass up on. Tottenham Hotspur were also in talks with Lille star Jonathan David in December but the forward's future now appears to be elsewhere.
West Ham are named as another party interested in Gomes with a bid supposedly sent to Lille in January in an effort to snap up the player before the free agent race hots up in the summer. Clubs in Germany, Italy and Spain are also reportedly interested.
Speaking about Gomes in September, following his call-up to the England squad, caretaker Three Lions boss said Lee Carsley: "He absolutely loves football. He watches football, he's interested in tactics, he knows all the player in any league.
"If you ask him for any feedback you need to be prepared that he is going to give you some feedback on the session or how we're going to build up, or the positions.
"He'll help in terms of he will often say about some build-ups that he's done at other clubs or what he's played against, because obviously he's playing in France so he sees different things. He fully deserves it (his call-up)."
Postecoglou confident ‘big club’ Spurs can land marquee signings
Should Spurs beat Manchester United to the signing of Gomes, it would be the second time the London outfit has done that with forward Mathys Tel courted by the Red Devils last month too. Postecoglou has backed Tottenham Hotspur to remain an attractive option for the biggest stars, despite recent troubles on the pitch.
He said: "It depends what the players are looking for. You can look at it two ways. OK the league form is not great but there's some pretty big possibilities to have success here in the last three or four months [of the season].
"It's still a big club, it's still a club that can challenge for honours and it's whether the player sees the potential that we see right now, or certainly that I see. If it's too much of a hard sell, it's probably not the right one for us."
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