Tottenham have accomplished the signing of teenage midfielder Archie Grey from Leeds.
The 18-year-old strikes to the north London membership in a deal value round £25m to £30m, with Joe Rodon – who spent final season on mortgage at Leeds – transferring to Elland Street completely in the other way on a four-year deal.
Grey has signed a six-year-deal at Spurs and can put on the quantity 14 shirt.
Spurs have overwhelmed London rivals Brentford to the signing of Grey after Leeds rejected an preliminary £35m bid from the Bees on Saturday, regardless of Grey being given permission to bear a medical with Thomas Frank’s aspect.
However Grey strikes to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium the place he can have the prospect to play European soccer subsequent season following Spurs’ Europa League qualification.
The England U21 worldwide turns into Ange Postecoglou’s second summer season signing after Timo Werner rejoined the membership on mortgage from RB Leipzig.
Grey loved a breakout season at Elland Street, making 52 appearances in all competitions as Leeds misplaced within the Championship play-off ultimate to Southampton – a recreation the place he performed the total 90 minutes.
He’s the son of former Nottingham Forest, Leeds and Burnley striker Andy Grey, and first featured in a first-team squad three months earlier than his sixteenth birthday, when he was named on the bench for a Premier League recreation with Arsenal in December 2021.
Leeds ‘heartbroken’ to lose Grey to Spurs
Leeds admitted they had been “heartbroken” to lose their academy graduate however needed to promote him after Tottenham activated a launch clause following the Whites’ failure to earn promotion from the Championship.
A Leeds assertion learn: “Leeds United can affirm Archie Grey has accomplished a everlasting switch to Premier League aspect Tottenham Hotspur for an undisclosed price, after the north London outfit met a launch clause that was triggered by the membership’s failure to get promoted on the first try.
“Understanding the attraction of Premier League and European soccer, the membership, with a heavy coronary heart, agreed the switch, however the transfer has strengthened the board’s resolve to in the end return Leeds to a place the place it will possibly meet the footballing ambitions of even its brightest stars.
“While we perceive that supporters will likely be massively disillusioned to lose such a home-grown expertise, and a household identify so synonymous with Leeds United, the transfer improves the membership’s likelihood to compete for automated promotion subsequent season by rising our skill to construct a aggressive squad inside the league’s monetary management rules.
“Everybody at Leeds United is heartbroken to see one in all our personal depart and wish to thank Archie for all his efforts and professionalism. He leaves with the easiest needs for his future profession and within the information that Leeds will all the time be his residence.”
Why Tottenham went for Leeds’ Gray
On Saturday afternoon, it emerged that Archie Grey was set for a shock transfer to Brentford, after private phrases had been agreed between {the teenager} and the West London membership.
However, by Sunday morning, Tottenham had turn out to be frontrunners and so they have now accomplished the signing of one of many brightest younger prospects within the nation – and Leeds will likely be lower extremely deep. This one will sting for a very long time to come back.
However why is Grey – who, on account of safeguarding guidelines, had to make use of a separate dressing room from his team-mates earlier than he turned 18 in March – being courted by Premier League golf equipment? Here, we take a look at the story of his fledgling career…
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