Ajax are stepping up plans for Tottenham midfielder Steven Bergwijn.

The Times says Ajax will target a loan move for Tottenham outcast Bergwijn if Antonio Conte deems him surplus to requirements in the January transfer window.

Bergwijn, 24, has only been afforded 13 minutes of football since Conte arrived at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium last month.

He is is one of several Spurs players to have suffered from the Italian's appointment, with Dele Alli, Tanguy Ndombele and Joe Rodon also seeing their game time plummet in recent weeks.

The Holland winger, who only completed a £27million move to Spurs from PSV Eindhoven in January 2020, is said to be on Erik ten Hag's radar just a few weeks before the winter market opens.