Report: Highly-rated German has met Tottenham ‘three times for talks’
Tottenham Hotspur have garnered a track record of attracting promising young talent in recent times with a number of talented players having arrived at the... The post Report: Highly-rated German has met Tottenham ‘three times for talks’ appeared first on The Spurs Web - Tottenham Hotspur Football News.
Tottenham Hotspur have garnered a track record of attracting promising young talent in recent times with a number of talented players having arrived at the club.
Tottenham have been attracting promising talent to the club
Jude Soonsup-Bell, Will Lankshear, Ashley Phillips and George Feeney are among those to have been brought to Hotspur Way to push for a place in the first team.
16-year-old Hertha Berlin defensive midfielder, Boris Lum, who has featured regularly for Germany U19 side is said to be of concrete interest to Tottenham.
Lum, who currently plays for Hertha Berlin’s under-19’s, despite being just sixteen years of age, a feat that has caught the eye of both Hertha’s first-team coaching set-up as well as talent spotters within Tottenham Hotspur.
BILD in Germany has revealed that Lum has caught the eye ahead of Hertha Berlin’s 2024/25 season, where the club aims to return to the Bundesliga after slumping to a disappointing 9th place finish in Bundesliga 2 last season.
New manager, Christian Fiel, was reportedly amazed by the teenager’s ability in first-team training sessions with such displays making it possible that the defensive midfielder, at the very least, continues to train with his first team next season.
Tottenham aren’t the only club interested in Lum
BILD’s report also revealed that Spurs had met with Boris Lum not just once, but three times over a potential switch to North London, even visiting Hotspur Way and watching the Spurs first team play live at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
As with any top youth talent, there is plenty of interest in Lum, with European giants such as Manchester City, Bayern Munich and Ajax all watching the 16-year-old closely.
Lum currently has two years remaining on his deal with Hertha, but it is believed that his deal contains a €5 million release clause, leaving the door ajar for the host of interested clubs to snatch the teen away from the capital.
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It’s always hard to judge with youth players how their careers will take shape, but the fact that Lum is playing three years above his age both nationally and at club level is undoubtedly a telling sign that the midfielder has plenty of talent.
His next move will be crucial though as to how grounded he stays and motivated to reach his potential, Spurs could be an attractive proposition given the youth team’s recent success and the plethora of young players that have been signed as of late.
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