£50m PRICE TAG FOR DIER
THE HIGHS AND LOWS
secure one of the top targets of manager Jose Mourinho’s (right).
United have also been strongly linked with two other Tottenham players – full-backs Kyle Walker (below) and Danny Rose, both 26.
But only Walker is set to leave the White Hart Lane outfit, with a bidding war under way which could take the fee above the £40m mark.
Manchester City remain favourites to sign him.
However, there is strong competition for the England right-back from Chelsea and Bayern Munich. Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino is prepared to sanction the sale of Walker as he has a ready-made replacement already at the club in Kieran Trippier, who started his career at Manchester City. Dier, though, is a different matter as far as the Spurs hierarchy are concerned. He is under contract for another four years and both Pochettino and Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy are committed to keeping him. There could, though, be talks on improving his £65k-a-week deal for a player who has established himself as a key member of Gareth Southgate’s England squad. CRYSTAL PALACE boss Sam Allardyce goes into their final game today reflecting on a quite incredible year. Having saved Sunderland, he was sacked by England and then bounced back to rescue Palace. Now, as the dust settles on the campaign, he predicts today’s opposite number Jose Mourinho will succeed at Manchester United, gives his thoughts on next TONY STENSON season and reveals why he loves using a psychiatrist.
“My life has turned a full circle,” he said ahead of facing United, who will be playing their 63rd game of the season today just days before they face Ajax in the Europa League Final.
“If Manchester United win the Europa League Jose Mourinho’s had a very, very good season because he