Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and Kyle Walker-Peters of Tottenham Swap Teams
English Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur have signed Southampton midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg for a fee of about £25m with full-back Kyle Walker-Peters heading in the opposite direction. The 25-year-old midfielder moved for a fee short of Saints’ £25m asking price, but well in excess of Tottenham’s £15m opening offer.
23-year-old Kyle Walker-Peters has made a reported £12m move to St Mary’s after initially joining on loan in January. Both players have signed five-year contracts. Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg has made a total of 134 appearances and scored five goals since signing for Southampton from Bayern Munich for a reported £12.8m in 2016.
However, he was stripped of the club captaincy after refusing to sign a contract extension and was sidelined for much of the remainder of the 2019-20 season after the coronavirus-enforced suspension of action. Everton was among a number of other sides interested in signing the Denmark international.
Walker-Peters, part of the England under-20 side that won their age-grade World Cup in 2017, leaves Spurs after making 24 first-team appearances. He said: “The last few months on loan have been great for me and a lot of fun too.” “The club definitely fits the way I like to play, and I hope that people were able to see that during the last month or so of the season.”
