Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg's time at Southampton appears to be coming to an end as he enters the final year of his contract at St Mary's.
Signed from Bayern Munich in 2016, the Danish international has made quite a name for himself on the south coast and has subsequently been linked with a move away.
Tottenham and Everton are in a battle for his signature at present as they look to strengthen in midfield ahead of next term, with the Liverpool Echo rubbishing reports on Tuesday evening that the Toffees had agreed on a £25million deal for the 24-year-old.
While Carlo Ancelotti will be hoping to entice the player to Merseyside, it is believed that he favours a move to north London instead if a deal arises.
Given Spurs' need for a player to play in the holding role given their struggles this time, former player Chris Waddle has had his say on a move for the central midfielder.
"Harry Winks is a tidy midfielder but he needs support," Waddle told Racing Post. "They have been linked with Southampton's Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, who is an intelligent player and could help, but there must be better players out there.
"And that is the type of player they need.
"I remember when I was at Sheffield Wednesday and Carlton Palmer was brilliant for me. He used to tell me he would do my running and he was superb.
"When people doubted whether he should play for England, I used to tell them how invaluable he was. He was great for me and John Sheridan, who was a great passer of the ball.
"At Marseille, I had people like Jean Tigana and Didier Deschamps to do all that donkey work.
"If Spurs are going to play in Mourinho's preferred manner of breaking the game down and then hitting teams on the counter attack, they are going to need different players.
"If you take Liverpool and City out of the equation, there are a lot of teams of similar ability in the Premier League.
"Tottenham could challenge but we have seen Leicester have a good season apart from the last few weeks, Wolves continue to make progress and I would expect Everton to improve next year too.
"Spurs beat Arsenal last week and Mourinho would have been delighted to have hit them on the counter attack because the Gunners dominated the ball particularly in the second half.
"It seems to be the way he wants to play but he needs the personnel to play in that manner. What he definitely doesn't need is any more piano players."
