Tottenham centre-back Micky van de Ven would favor a move to Liverpool ahead of Manchester United, in response to reports.<\/p>\n
Van de Ven, who joined Tottenham in a \u00a343 million deal from Wolfsburg in 2023, is currently involved in a relegation battle with Spurs fighting to remain within the Premier League.<\/p>\n
The Netherlands international is on United\u2019s summer shortlist with the club seeking to strengthen their options in central defence within the upcoming window.<\/p>\n
Liverpool are also out there for a brand new centre-back and have been keeping tabs on Van de Ven\u2019s situation at Spurs, who’re currently two points adrift of safety with five Premier League games remaining.<\/p>\n
But in response to talkSPORT\u2019s Ben Jacobs, Van de Ven would turn down a move to United if the chance to affix Liverpool was on the table.<\/p>\n
\u2018If Spurs go down, Van de Ven will almost definitely leave, if Tottenham stay awake, it\u2019s a rather different situation because Cristian Romero continues to be more likely to leave and Van de Ven could also be harder to get,\u2019 Jacobs told The United Stand<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2018I\u2019m told by Tottenham sources, if Spurs stay awake Romero continues to be more likely to leave and higher probability now of Van de Ven extending at Tottenham than going after the appointment of Roberto De Zerbi.<\/p>\n \u2018He’s someone Man United are keeping track of. There was no approach to Spurs and as of now there was zero approach to the player side from Manchester United.<\/p>\n \u2018Liverpool are also out there for an additional defender as well. Liverpool, like Man United, it\u2019s more an internal conversation however the bad news for Man United on Micky van de Ven is that if, and it’s an \u2018if\u2019, Liverpool enter the race, Van de Ven is just making one decision between Liverpool and Manchester United, and he’s picking Liverpool. And I say that with absolute confidence, if each clubs were to enter the race, Van de Ven\u2019s preference could be Liverpool over Manchester United.<\/p>\n \u2018He could be linking up with Virgil van Dijk, Van Dijk might be getting into a season because his contract expires, he knows Van Dijk, he has the chance to partner Van Dijk after which move over to the left side and he can also be a Liverpool fan when it comes to him and his family.<\/p>\n \u2018If Liverpool enter the race, it will be bad news for all suitors.\u2019<\/p>\n For more stories like this,\u00a0check our sport page<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Follow Metro Sport for the newest news on ![\"LONDON,](\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SEI_293690882-909a.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646\")
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