Sports · Football · 2 hrs ago

Tottenham sold striker Will Lankshear to Middlesbrough for up to £20m

Tottenham sold striker Will Lankshear to Middlesbrough after he came through Spurs’ academy.

The deal includes an initial fee of about £10m, with up to another £10m due if certain conditions are met.

Lankshear scored 23 goals for Tottenham’s under-23 team in the 2023–24 season and appeared for the senior side in the Europa League.

Former Spurs goalkeeper Paul Robinson compared his development and physical build to Harry Kane’s.

Tottenham cannot simply bring Lankshear back next summer, but they must be told about any future accepted bid for him and can match it.

Spurs will also receive 20% of any profit Middlesbrough make from a future sale.

What people are saying

I can understand the comparisons with Harry Kane

Paul Robinsonformer Tottenham goalkeepervia BBC

Like Kane, he looks like a player who is developing a little later, compared to others who are Premier League regulars before the end of their teens

Paul Robinsonformer Tottenham goalkeepervia BBC

BBC · 2 hrs ago