Tottenham have signed Brighton centre-half Jan Paul van Hecke for £52million.
The 26-year-old had simply 12 months left on his contract on the Amex and the Seagulls have opted to money in now fairly than threat shedding him for nothing subsequent summer time.
Van Hecke will reunite with Spurs’ former Brighton boss Roberto De Zerbi.
The defender mentioned: “I have already got a very robust reference to the supervisor, who I’m trying ahead to working with once more.
“Micky (van de Ven) has additionally informed me some nice issues concerning the membership, so I can’t wait to get began.”
The deal just isn’t linked to Brighton’s pursuit of Tottenham centre-half Luka Vuskovic, with the south coast membership seeing a £30m provide rejected for the 19-year-old who spent final season on mortgage at Bundesliga facet Hamburg.
Van Hecke, who’s presently with the Netherlands squad on the World Cup, made 131 appearances for Brighton after becoming a member of from NC Breda in 2020 and established himself as one of many higher central defenders within the Premier League.
Spurs completed seventeenth within the high flight final season however have already made strikes to bolster their defence, signing Marcos Senesi and Andy Robertson on free transfers.
It’s anticipated captain Cristian Romero will go away the membership this summer time.
