PORTUGUESE giants Porto have made a £20million bid for Southampton’s Taylor Harwood-Bellis.
The move could see the one-cap England defender swap the Championship for the chance to play in the Europa League.
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Porto hope relegated Saints will sell their footballing centre-back, who cost £20m from Manchester City a year ago.
THB is on a four-year deal and has not pushed to leave — but Porto is an attractive move.
The classy 23-year-old, who had a loan spell at Anderlecht, is attracting interest around Europe and England, with Burnley also keen to sign him.
West Ham also rate Harwood-Bellis highly but only have a limited budget.
And it’s Porto who have put the cash on the table.
Harwood-Bellis is in no rush to leave Southampton.
But the star, who is engaged to Roy Keane’s daughter Leah, knows he will have to leave to reignite his Three Lions career.
He told Sky Sports: “If I want to play for England, we’ve got to get promoted.
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“People around me know that, and I think the fans know that as well.
“We don’t want to be playing in the Championship, we want to be playing in the Premier League. We’ve got a taste of it now.
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“We’ve got the bit between our teeth to go and do a better job.
“It couldn’t have gone any worse in the Premier League last time. We’ve got to put that wrong, right.”
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