Tottenham’s Eric Dier to join Bayern in €4m deal – sources

Bayern Munich are set to signal Tottenham defender Eric Dier in a deal price round €4 million ($4.3m), sources have instructed ESPN.

The 29-12 months-outdated arrived in Germany on Thursday morning forward of a medical after private phrases have been agreed.

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Bayern had been eager on signing Radu Drăgușin and tabled a proposal to rival Spurs’ bid totalling round €30m however the Genoa defender opted to transfer to north London, forcing the Bundesliga membership to search different choices.

Dier is out of contract at Tottenham this summer season and was deemed surplus to necessities by head coach Ange Postecoglou.

Despite lacking centre-backs Micky van de Ven and Cristian Romero for prolonged durations this season, Postecoglou most popular to use full-backs Ben Davies and Emerson Royal on the coronary heart of his defence.

Consequently, Dier has began only one match this season — 2-1 defeat at Wolves in November — and made simply 4 appearances throughout all competitions.

Davies suffered an damage in Spurs’ 1-0 FA Cup third-spherical win over Burnley final Friday and when requested whether or not the membership may nonetheless afford to lose Dier this month, Postecoglou replied: “Yes.”

West Ham have been amongst a number of different golf equipment monitoring Dier however phrases have been swiftly agreed with Bayern as soon as they formalised their curiosity.

Dier joined Spurs from Sporting Lisbon in August 2014 for £4m and has made a complete of 365 appearances for the membership. He has additionally been capped 49 occasions by England.

Dier will join former Spurs teammate Harry Kane on the Allianz Arena after he made the identical transfer to Munich final summer season.