Juventus keen on Tottenham Hotspur's Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg?
The Danish international has found game time hard to come by since Ange Postecoglou took over in North London.
The new manager has preferred a holding midfield duo of Yves Bissouma and Pape Matar Sarr, who have both started Spurs' last five league games.
Hojbjerg has played just 80 minutes of league action in five cameo appearances since the Aussie took charge, despite formerly being a regular under Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte.
The 28-year-old did play the full 90 minutes in their EFL Cup defeat to Fulham last month, a result which remains the club's only blemish so far this season.
In three full seasons at Tottenham, Hojbjerg missed just five league games, but along with fellow stalwarts Eric Dier and Hugo Lloris, the midfielder appears to be on borrowed time at the club.
There was plenty of transfer speculation surrounding the player towards the end of the window, as Fulham and Atletico Madrid were believed to be interested.
Fulham were expecting to lose Joao Palhinha to Bayern Munich, and saw Hojbjerg as the man to come in and replace him.
However, after Palhinha's deal fell through at the eleventh hour, Fulham dropped all interest in Hojbjerg.
A deal with Atletico appeared more unlikely given that the Spanish club were unwilling to match Spurs' €30m (£26m) valuation, and instead wanted to loan the player — a deal the Premier League club were not interested in discussing.
Hojbjerg ended up staying put, but it seems as though he will have suitors come January, and CalcioMercato claims that Juventus are one club showing interest.
The report states that Hojbjerg's representatives
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