Tottenham transfer news: Dilan Markanday set to be sold to Blackburn | Transfer Centre News
Tottenham are close to agreeing a deal to sell promising youngster Dilan Markanday to Blackburn Rovers.
The right-winger is the second-top scorer in Premier League 2 for Spurs’ U23s this season and they have offered him a new contract to stay at the club.
But Markanday wants to play regular, senior first-team football and a number of Championship clubs are willing to give him that chance including Blackburn, Stoke, Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest.
He is into the final six months of his current Spurs deal and reports have claimed a deal could be worth as much as £1m.
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Tottenham head coach Antonio Conte says Mikel Arteta has had more time to build his Arsenal squad, and because of that are ‘ahead’ of Spurs at this moment in time.
Rovers boss Tony Mowbray admitted his interest in signing him on Thursday, stating: “He’s a young boy, we are aware of him, I’m not sure how close anything is.
“He fits the profile of the type of footballer we might want to sign somewhere down the line, as a lot of clubs in this league would.”
Sky Sports News exclusively broke the news last November that he was not signing the offer of new terms and could leave in the January window with Championship clubs chasing his signature.
What’s happening at Tottenham?
Tottenham are yet to do any January business but they are keen to strengthen their squad to support new manager Antonio Conte.
Adama Traore of Wolves is high on their list of targets and they see him as someone who can play at right wing-back or among the front players, with his ability to run at and beat defenders.
His arrival may mean less opportunities for Steven Bergwijn, who is the subject of talks over a permanent switch back to Holland with Ajax. A bid of around £15m has already been rejected during negotiations.
Spurs’ managing director of football, who has a strong relationship with Conte, and his head of recruitment Steve Hitchen are also keen to bring in another striker to support Harry Kane before the deadline.
Centre-back Joe Rodon could leave on loan but Spurs are short of options at centre-back with Eric Dier having picked up a knock and Cristian Romero only in the final stages of recovery from a long-term injury.
