Spurs are expected to pay an initial €30m (£34.46m) for the 22-year-old centre-back, with add-ons potentially taking the deal to €50m (£43.08m); Micky Van de Ven, a Netherlands U21 international, is very keen on the move to north London
Saturday 5 August 2023 11:25, UK
Tottenham are in advanced talks with Wolfsburg over the transfer of defender Micky van de Ven.
Spurs are expected to pay an initial €30m (£34.46m) for the 22-year-old centre-back, with add-ons potentially taking the deal to €50m (£43.08m).
Van de Ven is expected to fly in to London on Sunday, and could be in the stadium for Tottenham's friendly against Shakhtar Donetsk. His medical is due to start on Monday.
Van de Ven, a Netherlands U21 international, is very keen on the move to north London.
Van de Ven would become the fourth signing of Spurs' new head coach Ange Postecoglou.
Spurs have already made Dejan Kulusevski's loan from Juventus permanent for £25.6m, brought in James Maddison from Leicester for £40m, Gugliemo, Vicario from Italian side Empoli for £17.2m and Manor Solomon on a free transfer.
This deal with Wolfsburg for Van de Ven would take their spending up to £125.8m for the summer transfer window.
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In
Dejan Kulusevski - Juventus, £25.6m
James Maddison - Leicester, £40m
Guglielmo Vicario - Empoli, £17.2m
Manor Solomon - Shakhtar Donetsk, free
Out
Lucas Moura - Released
Tom Bloxham - Blackburn, free
Who will be on the move this summer when the transfer window opens on June 14 and closes at 11pm on September 1 in England and midnight in Scotland?
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