Leeds United are now facing a real battle to sign Middlesbrough right-back Djed Spence in the summer transfer window.

What's the story?

It was reported back in January that the Whites were interested in striking a deal for the defender, who is currently on loan at Championship side Nottingham Forest.

Now, Football League World have claimed that fellow Premier League side Spurs have also got their eye on Spence as they look to bring in a new full-back come the summer.

Raphinha would love him

After falling down the pecking order at the Riverside, the defender has been a real star for Steve Cooper at Forest - as per WhoScored, he has averaged 1.4 tackles and 1.7 interceptions per game, and a team-high of 1.8 dribbles and 0.8 key passes per game too.

That ability to be a real threat going forward is something that someone would like Raphinha would surely love to play with down the right flank, with Spence's overlapping runs and being able to beat players himself giving the Brazilian a genuinely quality player to link with and form an understand with.

Spence really hit the headlines earlier this year when he shone against Arsenal in the FA Cup in January, a display which had Ian Wright positively raving about him.

The Gunners icon said: "Let me say, that was one of the best right-back performances I have seen for a very long time. A very long time. I have not seen a combative, technical, swashbuckling performance like that for a very long time."

And, with transfer insider Dean Jones telling GIVEMESPORT that it would take a fee in the region of £10m to sign him, it's certainly a price tag that seems reasonable when you consider some of the big-money moves being made by clubs in the modern market.

When you think of some of some of the Premier League's top sides like Manchester City and Liverpool, who have formidable wide partnerships in the likes of Joao Cancelo and Raheem Sterling, and Trent Alexander-Arnold and Mohamed Salah, Leeds could have one of their own if they were to bring in Spence.

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