Tottenham set for transfer windfall as striker stance revealed amid summer exit links

Tottenham are set to get a cut of Marcus Edwards’ transfer to Burnley from Sporting CP while another of their former players with a sell-on fee has been linked with a move.

Edwards came through the academy at Spurs but would only play one League Cup match for the club, despite former manager Mauricio Pochettino declaring that the youngster had traits that reminded him of Lionel Messi. Tottenham sold Edwards initially to Portuguese side Vitoria in 2019 with a 50% sell-on clause and they decided to transfer that rather than cash in when the attacking midfielder made the move to Sporting two-and-a-half years later.

Then when Spurs signed Pedro Porro on a permanent deal in 2023, part of the negotiations with the Lisbon club included dropping the sell-on clause for Edwards down to 35%.

Edwards developed under Ruben Amorim, scoring in the Champions League against Spurs, and racked up 50 direct goal involvements in 120 matches for the Portuguese side. After falling out of favour this season, Burnley came in with a loan move for the midfielder who worked with boss Scott Parker within the Spurs academy.

The move came with the opportunity to sign Edwards permanently if the Clarets were promoted. The 26-year-old made 16 appearances during the second half of the season, with two goals and one assist, as Parker’s side finished second in the Championship.

This week it was announced that Edwards had completed his move to Burnley for an undisclosed fee, but reports have placed the figure at 10million euros (£8.4million). That would mean that with Spurs’ 35% sell-on fee, the north London outfit would get just under £3million from the deal and that could be put towards anything remaining in the Porro payments.

Another former Spurs academy player, Troy Parrott, has also been linked with a move back to England from abroad after impressing for AZ Alkmaar this campaign.

The 23-year-old has plundered 20 goals in 47 matches for the Dutch side and has been linked with a switch to newly-promoted Leeds in recent days among others. Spurs sold the Republic of Ireland international for £6.7million last summer with a 20% sell-on clause inserted into the deal.

However, Parrott is not keen to leave the Netherlands any time soon, saying: “If someone was to ask me right now, I would say I want to stay. I have had the best year of my life so far in football here, I have loved every second of it.

“The achievements of the group haven’t been what I wanted, given the positions we were in, but in terms of the team and the staff that I have come to know, I have loved every second of it. In my mind, I am here next season and ready to go again.”