Tottenham Hotspur have been handed a major boost in their bid to bring Stefan De Vrij to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in the summer transfer window.

What's the talk?

That's according to a report by Italian publication Gazzetta dello Sport (via Sport Witness), who claim that, after being left out of Inter Milan's starting XI in the 1-0 victory over Juventus on Sunday evening, the 30-year-old no longer appears to be an essential part of Simone Inzaghi's first-team squad.

The report goes on to state this is something that could lead to the Nerazzurri deciding to cash in on the Netherlands international this summer, with an asking price of €25m (£21m) expected to be placed on the centre-back.

This is sure to come as a huge boost to Antonio Conte, who is reported to have requested the signing of the defender from Fabio Paratici earlier this season, with Tottenham believed to be willing to offer De Vrij a salary of €6.5m-per-year (£5.5m-per-year) - around £106k-per-week.

Dream Conte signing

Considering just how impressive De Vrij was for Conte during their shared time at the San Siro, it is not difficult to understand why the 52-year-old would be interested in a move for the defender this summer.

Indeed, over his 32 Serie A appearances last season, the £31.5m-rated centre-back was an influential part of Inter's Scudetto-winning side, helping the Nerazzurri keep 11 clean sheets and scoring one goal, as well as making an average of 1.3 interceptions, 0.9 tackles, 2.9 clearances, 57.4 passes and winning 3.3 duels - at a success rate of 60% - per game.

These returns saw the £116k-per-week player Mauricio dubbed a "monster" who "deserves to be at a big club" average an extremely impressive SofaScore match rating of 7.03, ranking him as Conte's tenth-best performer in the top flight of Italian football.

As such, considering it has been reported that Paratici will be prioritising the signing of a left-sided centre-back in the summer transfer window - a position in which De Vrij has primarily featured for Inter for the past three and a half years - it is clear for all to see that the 30-year-old would be something of a dream signing for Paratici to get over the line ahead of the club's 2022/23 campaign.

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