With Sessegnon and Arp linked, could Tottenham boast teenage attacking double-act?

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Sessegnon allegedly wants to swap Fulham for Spurs and Hamburg striker Jann Fiete Arp could leave the Bundesliga for the Premier League, too.

Tottenham Hotspur are not just after the most exciting young talent in English football but Germany’s latest wunderkind, too.

According to the Mirror, 17-year-old Fulham prodigy Ryan Sessegnon will choose North London should he decide to fly the Fulham nest at the end of a brilliant season.

Sessegnon has bagged a remarkable 14 goals in 2017/18 and the £50 million-rated winger is enticed by the prospect of working under Mauricio Pochettino, who has turned Harry Kane, Christian Eriksen, Toby Alderweireld into genuinely world-class players during his time in charge.

Bild, meanwhile, also state that Tottenham are stepping up their pursuit of Hamburg’s 18-year-old record-breaker Jann Fiete Arp.

The fresh-faced German, who became the first player born in the 21st century to score in the Bundesliga this season, will leave in the summer if Hamburg are relegated and that looks likely as things stand.

It is understood that Arp is a boyhood Spurs fan and would likely choose a move to White Hart Lane as long as Tottenham are willing to pay £10 million or more.

And while Arp has played far fewer professional games than Sessegnon, who has racked up 69 senior appearances already, both have far outgrown youth team football and would move to North London expecting to fight for a place in the first-team immediately.

As reported by the Daily Star, Tottenham have the third youngest squad in the Premier League with an average age of 26.5. And they would fall further down that list with an 18-year-old and a 17-year-old starting in attack.