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Tottenham Hotspur chairman Daniel Levy is closing in on one of his shrewdest victories of the transfer window.
The Daily Telegraph reports that Fulham youngster Ryan Sessegnon is on the verge of finally moving to Spurs after the two clubs made a breakthrough in talks.
That breakthrough concerns the Cottagers’ interest in Josh Onomah and Georges-Kevin Nkoudou.
The report claims that the money banked from the sale of Sessegnon could then be reinvested into deals for the two Spurs outcasts, who have played next to no part in the fortunes of the club.
Indeed, Onomah last played for the club in 2017, while Nkoudou’s last outing, ironically, came in a 2-1 win over Fulham at Craven Cottage last season; he provided the cross for Harry Winks to score an injury-time winner.
They have made a combined two starts in the Premier League and yet they could be the reason that Spurs make a wedge of money back after buying the 19-year-old.
This feels like classic Daniel Levy – although The Telegraph reports that it’s not clear whether there will be a direct exchange or simply if Fulham will look to sign both players in separate deals.
The Spurs chairman has always driven a hard bargain – Sir Alex Ferguson, the legendary former Manchester United manager, said that a deal to sign Dimitar Berbatov from Spurs was “more painful than my hip replacement” in his book.
Yet this really takes the cake.
Both Onomah and Nkoudou are seemingly unwanted at Spurs, as neither player was included in the club’s squad for their pre-season tour of Singapore.
Yet they could end up playing a key role in a deal that Spurs have been chasing for years.
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Indeed, the London Evening Standard reports that the club have been tracking Sessegnon since 2016 and hope to finally get a deal over the line in this transfer window.
That could all rest on two players who have a pair of starts between them.
Fulham have been hoodwinked and one feels that, regardless of other incomings in this transfer window, Levy will have pulled off one of his finest pieces of business if this deal goes through.
He will have secured a long-coveted talent and also rid the club of two players who can fairly be regarded as deadwood.