Spurs in scrap for De Jong
26, a top summer target as th they look to revamp an a ageing Bernabeu squad.
And Spurs have responded by contacting De Jong’s agent, Ali Dursun, and giving h him guarantees that they will m match the current highest bid fo for his 21-year-old client.
The London club know th they will have to spend bigger than ever before to re replace Eriksen.
Their current transfer re record is the £42m they paid Ajax for Davinson Sanchez in 2017. But Tottenham would bank £100m-plus from the sale of Eriksen.
The Dane has told his a agent Martin Schoots that he will only leave Spurs to join a to top club in Spain.
He is coveted by Madrid – but Barcelona have also been tr tracking the 26-year-old p playmaker, who is another fo former Ajax starlet.
De Jong looked destined fo for Manchester City late last year – only for the Premier League champions to request th that the deal was put on ice.
That enabled PSG to la launch a charm offensive – a and Dursun met with officials o of the French champions in A Amsterdam in December.
But Spurs are long-term admirers of De Jong and until an agreement is signed, the p player remains on the market.