FORMER TOTTENHAM striker Fernando Llorente has urged Juventus to make a swoop on his previous membership for Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg.
The 38-year-old Spaniard scored 23 targets in 66 Serie A appearances for the Turin giants between 2013 and 2015.
Juventus have been urged to signal Spurs star Pierre-Emile HojbjergCredit score: EPA
Ex-Tottenham striker Fernando Llorente additionally performed for JuventusCredit score: Getty – Contributor
He received Serie A in every of his campaigns with the Previous Woman and was a part of the facet alongside the likes of Andrea Pirlo and Paul Pogba that reached the Champions League remaining.
He would later go on to play within the Premier League when signing for Swansea Metropolis in 2016 and he rifled dwelling 15 targets for them throughout his one and solely marketing campaign there.
That led to a £12m transfer to Tottenham, however he failed to duplicate his earlier kind and solely scored twice within the top-flight earlier than he was flogged to Napoli in 2019.
Nonetheless, it appears that evidently Llorente nonetheless casts an everyday eye over his previous golf equipment and he believes that one Spurs participant specifically could be the proper signing for Juventus.
Each Nicolo Fagioli and Pogba’s suspensions have left the Italian giants depleted in the midst of the park and searching for reinforcements.
They’ve been linked with a January swoop for 28-year-old Danish worldwide Hojbjerg.
And Llorente gave {that a} massive thumbs up as he instructed La Gazzetta dello Sport: “I confronted him within the Premier League.
“He’s a frontrunner, a captain and is what Juventus want to begin a brand new profitable period.”
Hojbjerg, who joined Tottenham from Southampton in 2020, was set to go to Atletico Madrid this summer season after Spurs accepted a £30m bid.
However the deal collapsed after he was unable to agree private phrases with the Spaniards.
New boss Ange Postecoglou has stored him in his squad this time period, however the ace has been compelled to largely play again up along with his appearances restricted to being from the bench.
In the meantime, Llorente additionally spoke in regards to the latest betting scandal that has led to Juventus’ Fagioli receiving a seven-month ban.
He stated: “It’s unhappy. Each the scandal and Fagioli’s suspension.
“Footballers do a number of conferences the place they’re warned that betting on soccer will not be permitted. It takes so little to break your profession.”