The Fulham youngster has long been linked with a move to Tottenham Hotspur.
As reported by the Telegraph back in the summer, Tottenham Hotspur have a long-standing interest in Fulham teenager Ryan Sessegnon and saw a £25million bid for the youngster rejected in the last transfer window.
The expectation is that Spurs will ultimately try again for a player who looks set to reach the very top of his game, but have the days already passed when we should be talking about Sessegnon as a full-back?
When Tottenham were first linked with a player who is still only 17, fans wondered if he would be a long-term replacement for Danny Rose and Ben Davies. However it is clear that Sessegnon does his best work further forward, as his hat-trick against Sheffield United earlier this week emphatically proved.
A player of his talent could be scoring and creating for the next 15 years and the comparisons with a young Gareth Bale are impossible to ignore.
If Tottenham do make another move for the Fulham youngster, it should be as an attacker; a player who could operate from the left and form a devastating long-term partnership with Harry Kane.
Teenagers often find their future role at this stage of their career and Sessegnon is no different, and while a wing-back role could allow the best of both worlds, he is more than that.
The Tottenham target is one of the most exciting wide attackers in Europe and Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino should use that for the hard sell.
The north London club could turn him into a global superstar and he would be well worth the investment, even if it costs a pretty penny.
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