Many Tottenham Hotspur supporters have flocked to social media as the club appears to be honing in on their first signing of the summer.
According to Football Insider, Wigan teenager Alfie Devine underwent a medical in north London on Friday after Spurs reached an agreement with the financially troubled Championship outfit.
It’s claimed that the fee involved is “significant” and the young talent will start live in the under-23 setup next season.
However, the news hasn’t gone down well with the Spurs faithful at all. Some were hardly surprised given the fact that chairman Daniel Levy loves a bargain at a cheap price whilst others likened him to rarely-seen winger Jack Clarke, who they brought last summer and have since loaned out twice.
Is Levy wise to invest in the youth setup?
Absolutely, one for the future
No way, we need improvements
Just last month, the 15-year-old signed a new long-term deal at the DW Stadium with academy manager Gregor Rioch waxing lyrical about the England under-16 international, he said:
“Alfie is one of the best players I have worked with; he has a mature head on young shoulders.”
Yet despite this, further fans believe it is a waste of time and money and that it was a joke.
Here’s the best of the reaction…
One year ago Spurs and Liverpool played in the CL Final. Liverpool are EPL champions. Spurs are buying kids from Wigan. Let that sink in for a minute.
— Shanks (@Slf77Shanksie) July 17, 2020
Any chance we can sign four new defenders and a back up striker instead. 🙄
— Scott Hyde (@Scotty1hyde) July 17, 2020
Jack Clark 2.0 https://t.co/HuHrGbPFha
— joshua (@joshthfccoys) July 17, 2020
https://twitter.com/ILoveDominos26/status/1284083701597589506?s=20
ahhh class news… That will get us back in the champions league https://t.co/Q6NY6seQ9k
— Josh Williams (@Williams10Josh) July 17, 2020
Daniel Levy dream seeing a team go into administration 😂 https://t.co/USWdjCbgRA
— Robbie Wallis (@robwallis222) July 17, 2020
Wow, transfer news exploded today. Hahahaha apparently everyone is undertaking medicals at Tottenham soon. 😂😂
— Nat (@getsleazaye) July 17, 2020
Waste of time and money
— Oliver Allen (@admiralallen) July 17, 2020
another rising star we wont be a chance to
— colin atkinson (@Atkinson72Colin) July 17, 2020
We continue to just prove danny rose right….often
— Peter Rogers (@Peter_Rogers_) July 17, 2020