Tottenham have agreed a £2m deal with Sheffield United to sign their highly-rated young striker Will Lankshear.
The 17-year-old is set to join Spurs’ academy after they blew Brentford out of the water will a hugely attractive offer.
The fee is broken into a guaranteed £1m, plus a further £1m in performance-related bonuses – and the Blades are selling him just a year after he was released by Arsenal.
Brentford had been tracking Lankshear for some time, believing him to have huge potential, and believed they had a deal to sign him before Spurs’ late intervention.
Lankshear, who had a year left on his scholarship terms at Bramall Lane, has been banging in the goals since his arrival, including for United’s U23s.
He is widely considered among the best – if not the best – striker for his age group in England and joins a Spurs academy already well-stocked in that position with the likes of Troy Parrott, Dane Scarlett and Jamie Donley.
(Sky Sports)