Report: Arsenal looking to sign Spurs defender to solve problems at the back

Tottenham Hotspur have been blessed with one of the strongest central defender partnerships in world football over the last few years.

Toby Alderweireld and Jan Vertonghen both grew up playing together at Ajax, have partnered each other on numerous occasions for Belgium, and now countless games for Tottenham too.

With a great understanding of each other’s games, as well as the right-foot and left-foot combination, they have been mainstays in the Spurs defence, and top performers for the last few seasons.

However, Jan and Toby both have contracts that end in the summer of 2020, having had them each extended for a year earlier this season (Telegraph).

While Vertonghen’s is a simple extension, Alderweireld’s comes with a £25m...