Tottenham Hotspur’s first-choice central-defensive pairing is one of the finest in the Premier League. You’ll struggle to find a better combination of balance, cohesiveness, raw defensive skills and ball-playing talents than that of Toby Alderweireld and Jan Vertonghen.
They’re immovable as a duo. When they’re fit, they play.
It has left Tottenham’s other centre-backs exceptionally short of game time, and Kevin Wimmer—signed last summer from FC Koln—is now reportedly unsettled and willing to consider a move away from the club, per Kleine Zeitung (h/t HITC).
Indeed, the weekend’s Premier League match against Liverpool saw Wimmer fail to make the squad of 18, amid murmurs among the press pack at White Hart Lane that he and Mauricio Pochettino had fallen out over playing time.