Tottenham Hotspur are interested in a deal to bring Milan Skriniar to the Premier League this summer.

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That's according to a report by Italian publication Il Messaggero (via Sport Witness), who claim that, despite Simone Inzaghi's desire to keep the centre-back at Inter Milan next season, the Serie A side would nevertheless be willing to part with the 27-year-old for a figure in the region of €65m (£55m) in the summer transfer window.

The report goes on to state that Paris Saint-Germain and Spurs are two of the most interested parties in the Slovakia international, while Tottenham's sporting director, Fabio Paratici, is known to have been in Italy this week in order to discuss potential deals for both incoming and outgoing transfers.

"Unreal"

Considering just how impressive Skriniar has been for Inter in recent seasons, in addition to the fact that Antonio Conte already shares a relationship with the defender, the argument that the 27-year-old would represent a fantastic addition to the 52-year-old's current options at the back is an easy one to make.

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Indeed, over his 32 Serie A appearances under the Italian's management back in 2020/21, the £58.5m-rated defender was in imperious form for the Nerazzurri, helping his side keep 12 clean sheets and bagging three goals, in addition to making an average of 0.9 interceptions, 1.5 tackles, 2.7 clearances and winning 3.5 duels - at a success rate of 52% - per game.

These returns saw the centre-back who journalist David Amoyal dubbed a "beast" and Andy Castell labelled "unreal" average a quite astonishing SofaScore match rating of 7.07, ranking him as Inter's seventh-best player in the club's title-winning campaign that season.

As such, while it is true that Paratici has already secured the arrival of Barcelona centre-back Clement Lenglet on a season-long loan this summer, it would nevertheless appear an extremely wise move for the Spurs sporting director to also make a £55m move for Skriniar ahead of 2022/23 - as the 54-cap international undoubtedly possesses the ability to become the rock upon which Conte builds his Tottenham defence for many a year to come.

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