{"id":633661,"date":"2024-01-06T07:30:24","date_gmt":"2024-01-06T12:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=633661"},"modified":"2024-01-06T07:30:24","modified_gmt":"2024-01-06T12:30:24","slug":"spurs-green-light-eric-dier-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/01\/06\/spurs-green-light-eric-dier-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Total Verbal Agreement\u2019: Spurs Give \u2018Green Light\u2019 to Deal as Experienced Player Is Now Set to Leave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">One of the longest-serving players at Tottenham Hotspur could be on his way out, as Eric Dier is being\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/5181185\/2024\/01\/05\/tottenham-transfer-news-eric-dier-bayern-munich\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">linked<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> with a move to Bayern Munich. The six-time European champions, Bayern Munich, want the 29-year-old Spurs centre-back, who has found himself below Emerson Royal (naturally a right fullback), in the pecking order.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2018Total Verbal Agreement\u2019 for Eric Dier Transfer to Bayern Munich<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Eric Dier Set to Be Reunited with Harry Kane<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Dier went from being an ever-present under Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte to a bit-part player under new manager Ange Postecoglou. Relegated to the bench on most occasions, he has only started one Premier League game (a 2-1 loss to Wolves) and made three appearances off the bench.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read More:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/12\/31\/tottenham-begin-conor-gallagher-transfer-negotiations\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0Tottenham Pushing To Make \u2018Extraordinary\u2019 Premier League Star Their First Signing In January<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Bayern Munich boss Thomas Tuchel has had a conversation with Dier, and the Englishman has\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Plettigoal\/status\/1743329393752035353\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">reportedly agreed terms<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> with the German outfit, described in the report as a &#8220;total verbal agreement.&#8221; In this same report, German reporter Florian Plettenberg claims that Tuchel has approved Dier and admires his experience and versatility. It is expected that the former Sporting Lisbon man will provide cover at centre-back and defensive midfield, an area in which he arguably played his best football under Mauricio Pochettino at Spurs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch<\/strong>: Last Word on Football looks at the biggest problem with your Premier League club<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Biggest Problem with YOUR Premier League Club\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2GNhwMen_Qo?start=10&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Will This Open the Tottenham Door for Radu Dragusin?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Tottenham Hotspur have also been in the market for a new centre-back, with\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/5171656\/2024\/01\/02\/tottenham-radu-dragusin-transfer\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">reports<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0linking them with Romanian defender Radu Dragusin. Genoa and Spurs are\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.playmakerstats.com\/news\/spurs-confident-of-signing-radu-dragusin\/570868\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">still in talks<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0over the fee and payment method, but the Lilywhites have identified centre-back as a priority position.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read More:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/01\/03\/radu-dragusin-tottenham-hotspur-move-imminent\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Serie A defender &#8216;dreams&#8217; of Tottenham Hotspur<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The departure of Dier signals that the remains of the Pochettino era are coming to an end, and Spurs moving on under Postecoglu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the longest-serving players at Tottenham Hotspur could be on his way out, as Eric Dier is being\u00a0linked with a move to Bayern Munich. The six-time European champions, Bayern Munich, want the 29-year-old Spurs centre-back, who has found himself below Emerson Royal (naturally a right fullback), in the pecking order. \u2018Total Verbal Agreement\u2019 for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4940,"featured_media":629333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30,3,7188],"tags":[8769,53,123,1895,96],"class_list":["post-633661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tottenham","category-news","category-premier-league","category-rumours","tag-ange-postecoglou","tag-bayern-munich","tag-eric-dier","tag-thomas-tuchel","tag-tottenham-hotspur"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4940"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}