Tottenham scouts watched Matthias Ginter play for Germany against Denmark this week as Mauricio Pochettino continues his search for a defender.

Ginter completed 66 minutes of Wednesday’s friendly in Copenhagen, which ended 1-1.

Ginter has two years remaining on his contract at Borussia Dortmund, who recently hired Peter Bosz from Ajax to replace Thomas Tuchel as coach.

He earns a little less than £30,000 per week - well within Spurs’ budget - and is thought to be valued at around £17.5million.

Tottenham are looking at Ginter after receiving encouragement that he might consider a move abroad.

Originally, the 23-year-old had expressed a preference to remain in the Bundesliga, with Hoffenheim keen to sign him after losing Sebastian Rudy and Niklas Sule to Bayern Munich since the end of the campaign.

Yet Ginter is thought to be aware of interest in him from elsewhere and is intrigued by the idea of playing in a new league.

He has spent the last three seasons in Dortmund after joining from Freiburg in 2013.

Like two of Tottenham’s other defensive targets, Joel Veltman and Harry Maguire, Ginter is versatile.

He can play at both right-back and centre-back and is as comfortable in a back four as a back three.

Ginter was part of Germany’s victorious World Cup squad in 2014 although he did not play in the tournament.

Tottenham have yet to make a significant signing since the end of the season.

Defender Kyle Walker is wanted by Manchester City but the clubs have not yet agreed on a price.