Inter Milan could not sign Tottenham midfielder Mousa Dembele despite trying to, according to The Sun. The report also adds that the player will be out of contract at the end of next year.

Inter have been keeping tabs on the 31-year-old midfielder for a while as they wanted to pair him with Belgian teammate Radja Nainggolan at the San Siro.

Even though the club presented Dembele’s representatives with an offer, the Belgian rejected the contract as he is looking for the final mega deal of his career. Dembele has had his fitness issues at Tottenham as he only started 21 Premier League games for the club last season.

The 31-year-old does not want to play for another club in the Premier League (as per the Mirror) and was even quoted as speaking to Het Laatste Niews,

“I won’t say that I’m leaving Spurs right now. Or that I’m staying. If I leave, I won’t join another English club. Tottenham is my team.”

The Sun also added that Chinese club Beijing Guoan had offered Dembele a huge contract earlier in the transfer window. However, the Belgian had rejected that deal as he did not believe it was time for him to move to the Far East.

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Dembele did play in the World Cup for Belgium, so he can still do a good job at the top level. It will be interesting to see where he moves should we decide to sell him.