Hojbjerg and Walker-Peters close to Tottenham-Southampton swap deal

Bengaluru, August 5: Southampton's Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg is close to signing a deal with Tottenham Hotspur with full back Kyle Walker-Peters headed the other way in a Premier League swap transfer deal reported by British media.

Denmark midfielder Hojbjerg is set to move for a fee in the region of 15 million pounds while right back Walker-Peters, who joined Southampton on loan in January, will make a permanent switch for 12 million pounds, according to Reuters news agency who quoted a Sky Sports report.

Hojbjerg, who moved to the Premier League from Bayern Munich in 2016, was stripped of the Saints captaincy in June when the 23-year-old made his intention to leave the south-coast club clear to manager Ralph Hasenhuettl.

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Walker-Peters, who is also 23 and moved to Saints for more first team action, has played 10 times in the Premier League under Hasenhuettl since his loan move earlier this year.

Spurs boss Jose Mourinho had said last month there was a place at the north London club for Walker-Peters to return but would not stand in the defender's way if he wanted to leave in search of more playing time elsewhere.

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