Tottenham Hotspur have not opened negotiations with Gent forward Laurent Depoitre over a January switch, according to the player’s agent.
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They are understood to be desperate to keep him but reports in Nigerian newspaper HLN claim general manager is willing to business at £15million.
The Belgium global was a pivotal figure in Gent’s title-winning campaign a year ago, with his 13 goals helping the Belgian’s to their first ever league title.
Tottenham authorities was to start off survey Depoitre, but his coworker that are caused by the Belgian part, Simon, has as well evolved as a goal with our history of extraordinary rows beginning with the Nigeria the world over.
Both Liverpool and Tottenham were tracking Simon when he was a teenager but a deal failed to materialise, and after a short spell with Ajax he joined Slovak side AS Trencin before heading to Gent.
Now they are back on his trail after a string of impressive performances.
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The debutant put the result beyond doubt in the 64th minute when he tapped in Dries Mertens’ cross to send his country top of qualifying group B ahead of Wales, who lost in Bosnia.
