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Tottenham close to completing £15m signing of Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg from Southampton after midfielder turned down Everton... with Spurs defender Kyle Walker-Peters moving to St Mary's in separate £12m deal following loan spell

Tottenham are hopeful of concluding the £15million signing of Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg from Southampton this week after a breakthrough in talks.

Spurs defender Kyle Walker-Peters will go in the opposite direction in a separate deal worth £12m, after clearly impressing since being on loan at St Mary's for the second half of the 2019-20 season.

Denmark international Hojbjerg had turned down the chance to move to Everton as he held out for Southampton to agree terms with his favoured club.

Tottenham are hopeful of concluding the u00a315million signing of Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg this week
In a separate deal,u00a0Spurs defender Kyle Walker-Peters will move to Southampton for u00a312m

In a separate deal, Spurs defender Kyle Walker-Peters will move to Southampton for £12m

Hodbjerg turned down the chance to join Everton as he wanted to work with Jose Mourinho

The 24-year-old wanted to link up with Jose Mourinho and will provide the protection for his defence.