Having been at the club since 2002, Diego Llorente left Real Madrid in 2017 on a permanent transfer.
Having had loan spells with Rayo Vallecano and Malaga, the footballer cut ties with his youth club and signed a five year Real Sociedad contract.
He’s only played two La Liga matches since August, an ankle injury keeping the 25 year old out of La Real’s side.
Despite that, Luis Enrique called the player up for the latest international break and he played 90 minutes against Bosnia.
That was Llorente’s second appearance for Spain, the first coming in 2016 under Vicente del Bosque… also in a friendly against Bosnia.
The 25 year old central defender is attracting interest from other clubs, and Mundo Deportivo Basque edition reports Tottenham and Fulham will send club emissaries to watch Real Sociedad’s match against Celta Vigo on Monday.
Mundo state as fact that the two Premier League clubs are going watch the central defender specifically.
But Tottenham and Fulham aren’t the first, with it being stated Liverpool and West Ham watched the player against Levante on November 9th.
No offer has been made, by anyone, and Mundo say La Real aren’t worried because Llorente is protected by a €50m buyout clause, which they don’t think will be triggered in January.
Real Madrid are increasingly good at getting all kinds of clauses in their player sales, and it’s explained Los Blancos can buy the defender back for €25m.
Tottenham are clearly searching Europe for central defensive options, and Llorente is an interesting option, and it would be assumed they’d stand a better chance of a deal than Fulham.
