Tottenham to receive bumper cash windfall as former Spurs man Marcus Edwards completes big money move to Sporting
TOTTENHAM will receive a bumper cash windfall after former academy star Marcus Edwards completed his big-money transfer to Sporting . The attacker joined Tottenham aged eight and made one senior appearance in the League Cup before joining Vitoria de Guimaraes in 2019. Now they have sold him on to Portuguese giants Sporting. And that should […]
TOTTENHAM will receive a bumper cash windfall after former academy star Marcus Edwards completed his big-money transfer to Sporting .
The attacker joined Tottenham aged eight and made one senior appearance in the League Cup before joining Vitoria de Guimaraes in 2019.
Now they have sold him on to Portuguese giants Sporting.
And that should see Spurs reap the rewards financially – after inserting a whopping 50 per cent sell-on clause when they let him go.
Sporting confirmed their new arrival on Twitter on Tuesday afternoon, with Edwards posing in their iconic green and white home shirt.
The 23-year-old winger signed a four-and-a-half-year deal with the Lions, tying him down until 2026.
He earned his move to the Portuguese club with seven goals and three assists in 18 league appearances so far this season.
Reports online suggested Vitoria valued Edwards at around £12million – which should mean Spurs get around half of that.
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However, there are further complications with suggestions that Vitoria only own 50 per cent of Edwards’ rights, making it unclear what Tottenham are actually entitled to.
Edwards, who had spells with Norwich and Dutch outfit Excelsior on loan while at Spurs, followed former Leicester flop Islam Slimani through the door at the Estadio Jose Alvalade.
Striker Slimani returned to Sporting on a free transfer after seeing his Lyon contract ripped up.
Following the Edwards negotiations, Spurs did more canny business on deadline day this week.
Dele Alli joined Everton on an initial free transfer, but the deal could see the North Londoners receive as much as £40m in potential add-ons.
Elsewhere, Tanguy Ndombele, Bryan Gil and Giovani Lo Celso left on loan while Dejan Kulusevski and Rodrigo Bentancur arrived from Juventus.
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