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Tottenham join chase for Fulham defender

Tottenham have joined Arsenal and other interested clubs in monitoring Brede Hangeland the highly rated Fulham defender. Tottenham have issues with consistent injuries to both Ledley King and Jonathan Woodgate and it is no surprise to see Harry Redknapp looking to strengthen his back line.

More often than not this season Spurs have been without both King and Woodgate and they are left with just Michael Dawson and Sebastien Bassong left fit and having 50% of your centre backs consistently injured is not a tenable long term solution and a player like Hangeland would be viewed as a perfect answer.

Fulham however are simply not interested in selling as Arsenal have previously found out and it will need a premium fee in order to persuade the Fulham bosses to let go of one of their best assets. Tottenham certainly have the money to finance a deal for Hangeland, question is are they prepared to pay what Fulham would want for the defender.