Tottenham Hotspur Sunggol Youth Oliver Skipp leaves Son Heung-min.
Fabrizio Romano, a reporter specializing in the transfer market, said on his social network service (SNS) X on the 18th (Korea time) that Leicester City is seeking to recruit Tottenham midfielder.
The reporter said, “Leicester City will pay 20 million pounds (about 35 billion won) and 5 million pounds (about 8.7 billion won) in option transfer fees to recruit the skip.”
“Tottenham signed the contract and approved the medical test, and the official process will follow within 24 hours,” he added.
The Athletic, a global sports media outlet, also said, “Leicester City has agreed to a deal to sign Skip. It will conduct a medical test on Wednesday and will transfer for a transfer fee of more than 20 million pounds. This deal is seen as a good deal for both clubs.”
“Skip played in 24 official matches for Tottenham in the 2023-2024 season. However, he mostly played as a substitute under Anji Postecoglou,” he said. 토토사이트
“Skip has three years left on his contract and will now leave the team. Skip is the only field player from the club’s youth in Tottenham’s UEFA Europa League squad, but he wants time to play and Postecoglou has allowed him to release,” said Football London.
“Tottenham will move to Leicester on Monday to prepare for the opening match of the Premier League. However, the skip will not be allowed to play even if the transfer to Leicester City is confirmed before the start of the match. This is because the deadline for registration of this match was noon last Friday,” he said, adding that a showdown is not possible immediately.
Skip, who was born in 2000, is a former Spurs youth who grew up at the Tottenham academy. Coming up to the first team under Mauricio Pochettino in the summer of 2018, he often got opportunities to play and was also given opportunities under Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte, who took over afterwards.
Skip returned from a loan to Norwich City for a while in the 2020-2021 season, accumulating experience and continuing his competition at Tottenham. He played 106 games for Tottenham, scoring one goal and two assists.
Skip signed a contract renewal in April 2022 and is currently under contract until the summer of 2027.
Tottenham enhanced its midfield this summer. Pierre-Emile Hoibier left for Marseille (France) for now, and acquired defensive midfielder Archie Gray from Leeds United. Currently, the central midfielder has a large base of players including Yves Bissouma, Pape Sarr and Rodrigo Bentancur.
Leicester City will compete in the Premier League, which was promoted this season, with Steve Cooper taking charge of the team after Enzo Maresca left for Chelsea. Leicester has to fill the gap as key midfielder Kieran Dewsbury Hall left for Chelsea after Maresca.
For skip, the transfer to Leicester City will be reunited with Harry Winks, who was with him at the Tottenham Academy. Currently, Leicester does not have many players other than Winks, including Wilfred Ndidi, Boubakari Sumare, Hamza Choudhury and Michael Golding. There is a greater chance of securing time to play through competition than Tottenham.