Report: Spurs boss to take closer look at academy graduate – potential Wanyama or Dier replacement?

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Tottenham Hotspur head coach Jose Mourinho is set to take a closer look at Spurs midfielder Luke Amos this summer, according to Football London.

The 23-year-old Tottenham midfielder broke into Mauricio Pochettino’s senior side during the 2018-19 pre-season.

Amos featured regularly in Spurs’ pre-season programme before making his senior debut in the first Premier League game of the campaign as a substitute against Newcastle.

The former England youth international looked as though he would go on to have his best season at the club, but he suffered an ACL injury which kept him sidelined for much of the campaign.

Last summer, Spurs loaned Amos to fellow London side Queens Park Rangers, where he has made 25 Championship appearances to date.

With Amos set to return to Tottenham at the end of the season, Football London has suggested that Mourinho wants to see what the versatile player could offer Spurs.

Tottenham offloaded Victor Wanyama earlier this year, while question marks remain over Eric Dier’s suitability in midfield.

Amos has also turned out at centre-back, left-back and on the right side of midfield for QPR this term (Transfermarkt).

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Tottenham could do with bolstering their defence – in particularly the left side – while defensive midfield is also a position which could be strengthened in wake of Wanyama’s departure.

Amos has done well for QPR this year in defensive midfield, central defence and even at left-back and the right wing.

Therefore, if he can prove to Mourinho that he has what it takes to stake a first-team place for himself, he could perhaps be seen as a replacement for Wanyama, Danny Rose or Jan Vertonghen.

As well as being a home-grown academy graduate, he could potentially save Spurs a lot of money.