Taylor Harwood-Bellis set for shock £20million move to European giants after relegation with Southampton
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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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Southampton's Taylor Harwood-Bellis is being eyed by top-flight clubs
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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.
However, Porto have put the cash on the table.
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West Ham also rate Harwood-Bellis highly but only have a limited budget.
And publicly THB has suggested he is committed to helping Southampton earn an instant return to the Premier League.
Harwood-Bellis, who is engaged to Roy Keane's daughter Leah, is also determined 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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In-demand Saints defender Harwood-Bellis believes he'll need to play top-flight football to reignite his England career
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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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