Done deal: Erik Ten Hag’s announce and agree on personal terms on £45million inter Milan defender

However, despite the prospect of se’eing one of Holland’s most highly-rated players p’ly his trade in the Pre’mier League, the Red Devils’ pursuit of the Inter Mil’an number two could serve as a ma’jor blow to Antonio Conte’s Tottenham Hots’pur.

That is according to re’ports in the Italian media on Tue’sday, which claim Ten Hag’s apparent desire to bring his comp’atriot to Old Trafford this summer could scupper th’e Lilywhites’ cha’nces of signing fellow Inter Milan centre-back Alessandro Bas’toni.

Understandably, the Nerazz’urri are unlikely to allow bo’th players to leave, however, with Basto’ni a big target for Conte and his Serie A employers keen to keep hold of hi’m, it could be Dumf’ries who is allowed to leave instead.