Rochdale's £1 million-rated centre half Craig Dawson has Tottenham and Fulham monitoring him.

The Mirror says Spurs chief Harry Redknapp sent Ian Bloomfield to Spotland at the weekend to run the rule over the defender who is likened to namesake Michael.

And Fulham chief Roy Hodgson also despatched his number one spy to see if Dawson could replace Manchester United-bound Chris Smalling.

Dawson has been receiving rave reviews since cracking the first team at table-topping Dale and Swansea have had a £750,000-rated offer turned down.