‘Objective' is to return to England squad following Monaco move
The 31-year-old former Tottenham Hotspur defender joined the Ligue 1 side in May after the expiration of his contract at Bayern Munich, where he spent one-and-a-half seasons, winning the Bundesliga in 2024-25.
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After coming through the academy at Portuguese side Sporting CP, Dier moved to Spurs in 2014, going on to make 365 appearances for the club over nine-and-a-half years.
Eligible to play for Portugal after being raised there as a child and playing in Sporting's academy, Dier chose to represent England and made his senior debut for the team in November 2015 aged 21, coming on as a substitute in a 2-0 friendly defeat against Spain.
He has been capped 49 times, though he has not featured for England since December 2022, when he came off the bench in a 3-0 win over Senegal in the round of 16 of that year's World Cup. He was an unused substitute for European Championship qualifiers against Italy and Ukraine in March 2023, the last time he was called up to the squad.
'My objective is always to try and be in the national team, this is always something that's an objective of mine,' Dier said at his official Monaco presentation. 'I have 49 caps so it would be nice to have 50 — this annoys me a little bit! — so that's an objective of mine.
'But I've always said you just have to play and play well for your club and the rest is out of your hands. That's my only focus.'
Dier played under England manager Thomas Tuchel at Bayern in the second half of the 2023-24 campaign, playing 20 games and starting 18, including both legs of Bayern's Champions League quarter and semi-finals against Arsenal and Real Madrid respectively.
Dier is one of a host English players who are employed outside of the UK.
'I could never imagine that when I started I would be taking this route through different countries in the way that I have,' he said. 'There's so many things that need to fall into place to end up in a club and in a situation, so for me I feel incredibly lucky to have had the experience of playing in different countries.
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'After being in England for so long, to then go to Germany and experience a different culture, atmosphere, a different way of seeing and living football was very eye-opening and it made me want it again.
'To have played in different leagues is something that will be incredibly beneficial for me as a player and a person as well.'
(Frederic Dides/AFP via Getty Images)
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