Tottenham Hotspur are interested in a deal to bring Milan Skriniar to the Premier League in the January transfer window.

What's the talk?

That's according to a report by Italian media outlet CalcioMercatoWeb, who claim that, having been heavily linked with a move for the Inter Milan centre-back ever since Antonio Conte's appointment in north London back in November 2021, Fabio Paratici is now preparing to make a €30m (£26m) offer for the 27-year-old this winter.

However, the report goes on to suggest that, despite the Slovakia international heading into the final six months of his contract at the San Siro in January, Inter are likely to reject this bid - with the Serie A side believed to be hopeful of tying the defender down to a new long-term deal in Milan.

"Unreal"

Considering just how much success Conte has enjoyed when working with Skriniar in the past, coupled with the centre-back potentially being available on a cut-price deal due to his current contract situation, the argument that the 27-year-old would be an unreal signing for Paratici to pull off in January is an extremely easy one to make.

Indeed, over his 32 Serie A appearances during Inter's title-winning campaign back in 2020/21, the £52.5m-rated talent was a rock in Conte's backline, helping the Nerazzurri keep 12 clean sheets, in addition to making an average of 1.5 tackles, 0.9 interceptions and 2.7 clearances and winning 3.5 duels - at a success rate of 52% - per game.

The £92k-per-week defender also caught the eye in an attacking capacity, hitting the back of the net three times, as well as playing an average of 2.6 long balls, making 0.3 key passes and completing 62.2 total passes - at a success rate of 92% - per match.

These returns saw the 54-cap international Siavoush Fallahi labelled a "monster" and Andy Castell dubbed "unreal" average an extremely impressive Sofascore match rating of 7.07, ranking him as the seventh-best performer in Conte's side that season.

As such, with Skriniar being a defender who is incredibly solid at the back, a threat in the final third and capable of bringing and playing the ball out from the back - not to mention being a proven winner - it would indeed appear as if landing the 27-year-old for a fee of just £26m would be an unreal deal for Paratici to get over the line this winter.