Tottenham have formally accomplished one other switch forward of the beginning of the 2024/25 Premier League season.
Fabrizio Romano confirmed the information in query, with Burnley’s proficient younger winger Wilson Odobert (19) signing for Ange Postecoglou’s males.
{The teenager} indicators a long-term deal conserving him in London till 2029, in accordance with the CaughtOffside columnist’s X (previously Twitter) replace this morning.
??? OFFICIAL: Tottenham signal winger Wilson Odobert from Burnley.
The 19-year-old has agreed a deal that can run till 2029 and can put on shirt quantity 28, #THFC verify. pic.twitter.com/enDTLYVxuk
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 16, 2024
This follows a handful of different main incomings within the window, together with Bournemouth’s Dominic Solanke and Leeds United’s Archie Grey.
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What to anticipate from Wilson Odobert?
Judging by former boss Vincent Kompany’s feedback on the starlet, Spurs might have landed fairly the expertise.
“I’ll nearly chorus from what I actually take into consideration him, as a result of at this second in time, I don’t assume folks realise how good he’s,” the now Bayern Munich boss spoke about Odobert again in Could (by way of the Burnley Specific).
“He’s nonetheless enjoying in a workforce that’s enjoying for survival, however the issues he’s in a position to do, whether or not it’s defending or whether or not it’s attacking…like I mentioned I’ll chorus from what I actually assume as a result of I don’t wish to jinx it, I don’t wish to create a state of affairs the place the expectations develop into too huge for him too quickly.”
The Frenchman was ever-present in his aspect’s ill-fated Premier League marketing campaign, significantly within the second half of the time period.
Six objective contributions have been registered in 29 English top-flight appearances in 2023/24, with the attacker showcasing his positional versatility throughout the ahead line.
He started the most recent Championship season with some promise, scoring of their season opener towards Luton City.
How a lot are Tottenham paying for Odobert?
Ben Jacobs now studies that the payment for Odobert is ‘within the area of £25m’, in accordance with one replace on X.
? Perceive the payment for Odobert is within the area of £25m. https://t.co/r3bH27jw7b
— Ben Jacobs (@JacobsBen) August 16, 2024
What was Odobert’s membership pathway?
The 19-year-old began out in PSG’s academy earlier than an eventual change to Troyes arrived in 2022. A promising spell there noticed him entice curiosity from England and Vincent Kompany’s Burnley in the summertime of 2023.
He turned the Clarets’ youngest goalscorer within the Premier League along with his sole effort within the membership’s 4-1 defeat to Chelsea in October.
