Eric Dier

[Archibald&Crooks]

Per Ali Gold - people making something out of nothing:


The defender found himself at the centre of social media furore over "unfollowing Spurs" on Instagram and not having them in his bio on the site, despite not actually following Tottenham or England for years on his account or having anything to do with them in his bio previously. There was also a claimed deleted post about the captaincy, which was actually just a screenshot by a mischievous Twitter user a post published by Dier in March about the movie Captain Phillips.

Dier ended up following Tottenham on the platform this week, presumably just to quieten the social media nonsense.

It did not work but the fact that the defender is not in the squad suggests his place in the pecking order at the moment, in terms of fitness and perhaps suitability for the Postecoglou backline. Dier wants to remain at Spurs this season but with his contract in its final year and Postecoglou wanting another centre-back to arrive that situation may have to change.

You can post that a hundred times and it won't make a blind bit of difference. When people latch on, they seldom let go.

 

[Rob]

Saudi BBC reporter claiming he's gone there...

 

[WannaDanceWithUdogie]

Saudi BBC reporter claiming he's gone there...

For you my friends, 40 million

 

[mattspur1986]

 

[Joely]

Fingers crossed. Will be great to see us start trimming the squad down and moving on players who don't have a future with us.

 

[LukaKranjcar]

Would shock me, seems to love his country/farm lifestyle he has here.

Although i'd give it all up for millions of quid too so maybe not

 

[agrdavidsfan]

Please be true great man not so great footballer

 

[JayB]

Getting a Saudi-sized transfer fee for him would be amazing. Wonder if Ndombele might be interested in making a similar move.

 

[agrdavidsfan]

Would shock me, seems to love his country/farm lifestyle he has here.

Although i'd give it all up for millions of quid too so maybe not

He’s the type that likes to experience culture though so think he’d love it

 

[thePessimist]

that’s horrible. don’t want to see any of our players go there, feel bad for him

 

[LukaKranjcar]

He’s the type that likes to experience culture though so think he’d love it

Thats a great point actually

 

[vinsomer]

It could be today, grandma…

 

[zedfox]

I know it's laughable that he got an England cap recently, but he did. Moving to the Saudi league would call time on that. Maybe he's just accepted his downfall. He's definitely the type to do well financially outside of football, maybe this move is to help fund those ambitions.

 

[yawa]

that’s horrible. don’t want to see any of our players go there, feel bad for him

Although the regime is horrible. I think people need to understand not everyone in Saudi wants to remove the average persons head.

 

[Joely]

Move is best for all concerned. Watching us play today, there is absolutely no way he could play in that setup even coming on as a sub. It would be an utter car crash and compromise the whole setup. Time has come for him to go and good luck to him where ever he goes.

 

[dirtyh]

Lol. What the fuck.

 

[matty74]

that’s horrible. don’t want to see any of our players go there, feel bad for him

I’m sure the wage packet will more than make up for the heartache. Have a word. With yourself

 

[zedfox]

Portuguese coaching staff, +CR7. Might be something there.

 

[Aleks]

The original source is a reporter from BBC Arabic

 

[Dave1882]

Good luck if he’s going, he’s worth at least £50m, so hopefully they pay it all upfront…