The Daily Mail’s Josh Hughes has revealed that Tottenham Hotspur have already held ‘preliminary talks’ over a deal for Samuel Iling-Junior, adding that he can see the winger’s rumoured move to N17 going through in January.
Even though Iling-Junior has fallen out of favour with Massimiliano Allegri this season, the Juventus starlet’s stock remains high, partly owing to his performances for England’s Under-20s and Under-21s over the last two years.
Various sources have revealed over the last few weeks that Juventus are prepared to cash in on the 20-year-old in January (Fabrizio Romano – Kick), with some outlets even suggesting that the Chelsea academy graduate is Tottneham’s top target (Football Insider).
However, the race for the winger appears to be heating up, with reports over the last few days claiming that Marseille (Calciomercato) and Brighton (TEAMtalk) could enter the race for his signature.
Hughes has now said that among all the transfer rumours involving Spurs over recent weeks, the Iling-Junior one seems to be the one which looks to have legs.
The journalist said that he has heard promising things about that potential move, pointing out that Spurs have a good relationship with Juve, which they can use to their advantage to secure the youngster.
Huges told Chris Cowlin’s YouTube channel: “Samuel Iling-Junior at Juventus. His asking price is around just below €20m (£17m). That’s one I believe from what I’ve heard there are sniffs of talks, preliminary talks.
“That one I can see happening because Tottenham have a relationship still with Juventus. Romero was through them, Kulusevski and Bentancur, Serie A has been a fruitful market for Spurs recently.”
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Given the sheer number of journalists and publications talking up the chances of this transfer, it would seem like Tottenham have reached out to Juve about Iling-Junior.
However, it remains to be seen what the 20-year-old feels about his next step as there is likely to be no shortage of interest in his services.
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