Paul Merson believes Tottenham Hotspur target Ryan Sessegnon hasn’t shown ‘anything’ in the Premier League this season

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Tottenham Hotspur target Ryan Sessegnon could part ways with his parent club Fulham in the summer.

Paul Merson has expressed his ‘worry’ about how Tottenham Hotspur target Ryan Sessegnon has performed for Fulham this season following their instant relegation to the Championship.

The Soccer Saturday pundit claimed that he’d be ‘surprised’ if someone paid £40 million for the 18-year-old, who has struggled to prove his worth since being promoted with the London club.

The Mirror recently claimed that Spurs could land the highly-rated youngster for a cut-price fee after his side’s relegation was confirmed this week.

Speaking to Soccer Saturday on Sky Sports News (06/04/2019 at 2:40 pm), Merson spoke honestly about Sessegnon and the reported fee’s that are being touted around for a player who he believes looks ‘lost’.

“I’d be surprised [if someone paid £40m for Sessegnon],” Merson told Soccer Saturday. “I think last season, you would have got £40 million for him. Not playing in the Premier League. Potential. Very good in the Championship.

“He is has come up and if I am being honest, he has looked like he doesn’t feel like he should be there. He looked a bit lost sometimes. And I know he’s only 18 and he’s a kid, but I don’t think he has shown anything all season.

“It’s not like you can put together a montage of games together and say ‘this is what he’s done’ and you’re like fair enough. I don’t think you’ll be able to put it together. That’ll be a worry. I think people will wait for another year.”

For a number of seasons now, Sessegnon was making a name for himself in the second tier of English football, with the left-back turned winger proving his worth in the attacking third.

After Fulham lost the play-off semi-final two seasons ago, Sessegnon stuck with his boyhood club and helped them earn promotion to the Premier League in the summer.

But their return to the promised land has ended in complete and utter disaster because after having three managers in charge it has gone horribly wrong once again for the club.