Tottenham: Conte could bring 'brilliant' £15.3m wing-back to Hotspur Way

Tottenham would be getting a “brilliant wing-back” if they sign Atalanta’s Joakim Maehle in the next transfer window, according to Italian football expert Conor Clancy.

Antonio Conte is keen to add fresh faces to his squad this summer, and Maehle could be one of the players that he targets.

The Telegraph reported last month that Conte is looking to bring in six new signings, including a wing-back ahead of next season.

His cause is set to be helped by Tottenham’s majority shareholders ENIC Sports Inc pumping an extra £150m into the club, as revealed on Tuesday.

According to the Daily Mail, Spurs have identified Maehle as a potential option to bolster their squad, and he could be the last player to join from Atalanta, after they signed Cristian Romero and Pierluigi Gollini from the Serie A outfit last summer.

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Clancy has admitted that Maehle has had an injury-disrupted campaign, and he has fallen out of favour under Gian Piero Gasperini at Atalanta at times.

However, he still views the defender as a high-class player, which is something that he proved during Denmark’s run to the semi-finals of the European Championships last year.

Speaking about Maehle, Clancy told GIVEMESPORT: “I think he’s a brilliant wing-back. You see it with Denmark, everyone saw it in the Euros. He’s phenomenal going forward, he can score, he can assist. He’s good defensively as well, but with Atalanta, he’s been a little bit strange.

“Halfway through the season, he found a little bit of form, he was scoring goals, but then he had an injury and this year he’s not played that much. And Atalanta haven’t been in-form either, so I can’t work out why, but there’s obviously something