Why Tottenham Hotspur can’t be put off by Fulham’s £20m Ryan Sessegnon price tag

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Fulham have reportedly slapped a £20m price tag on Tottenham Hotspur target Ryan Sessegnon.

According to The Mirror, Tottenham Hotspur will have to pay £20m to land Ryan Sessegnon in January as they line up the Fulham youngster to replace Danny Rose.

The Mirror understands that left-back Rose will leave Spurs for Manchester United in a £50m deal next month, having been angling for a move away since last summer.

Spurs fans may be disappointed to lose the England international, who has been voted into the PFA Team of the Year in each of the last two seasons, but Sessegnon would be an exciting signing.

The £20m sum quoted seems excessive for a 17-year-old with no top-flight experience, even in this inflated market, but when viewed as an investment, it is an absolute steal for Spurs.

With 47 appearances and nine goals to his name already, Sessegnon has a better Championship pedigree than Gareth Bale had when he joined Spurs from Southampton in 2007.

The England Under-19 European Championships winner is perfectly suited to the wing-back role that Rose has excelled in, and is poised to be much more productive going forward.

Alongside 24-year-old Ben Davies, Sessegnon would provide Mauricio Pochettino with a pair of left-backs to last at least the next five years without the need for further spending.

Considering Pochettino’s record for developing young English talent, Sessegnon should be such a big success at Tottenham that £20m would be looked back on as a bargain.

But the longer Tottenham wait to make their move, the higher that price is going to go, and the more interest they are going to face from their big-spending Premier League rivals.