Back on Tuesday morning, the Portuguese media presented some quotes from Tottenham Hotspur defender Eric Dier, as he claimed that Sporting are still his ‘home’ and that was seen as a message that he could return to the club.
It turns out that the 29-year-old may have an offer to go somewhere else before making a return to Lisbon, and that’s AS Roma.
The Giallorossi don’t know when Chris Smalling will be back in the team, and as Calcio Mercato comes up with a story on the situation, they present the Tottenham player as a potential solution.
Dier is said to be one of the names who are being analysed by Roma director Tiago Pinto. He’s the player who José Mourinho ‘most welcomes’ in terms of ‘experience and quality’.
Calcio Mercato says the Englishman is a ‘concrete alternative’, especially because he hasn’t been playing for Tottenham and has a contract expiring at the end of the season.
Since Roma need a defender in January, then it sounds possible they’ll offer a fee to take him away from Spurs in the middle of the season.
