Tottenham are taking big steps to sign ‘highly talented’ midfielder Boris Mamuzah Lum from Hertha Berlin.
That’s according to BILD, who say Tottenham have already had the 16-year-old in England as he has ‘already visited’ their facilities.
They explain that Lum is currently captaining Germany’s U17s at the Algarve Cup in Portugal, and, alongside Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen, many top clubs are keeping track of him.
Ajax, Barcelona and RB Salzburg have been showing an interest for a long time while ‘things are now getting very hot’ with Tottenham.
The ‘highly talented’ defensive midfielder has even travelled to London at Tottenham’s invitation at the end of December 2023 alongside his mother. He also attended the home game against Bournemouth, and it was here that he was being ‘persuaded’ to move to England.
Hertha reacted to this immediately and just a few days later, the 16-year-old was unexpectedly called up to the professional training camp in Murcia on January 7th, where coach Pal Dardai enthused about him publically.
They would be loathe to lose their greatest talent but the prospect of that happening in the summer is real and Hertha looked to protect themselves on that front, with the youngster currently tied to a deal that has a €5m release clause included within it.
Tottenham can afford this transfer fee and if the clause is activated, Hertha could do nothing to stop the youngster moving to the Premier League.
Activating it may not be necessary, though, as Hertha need money to help to boost their own coffers and would have to ‘seriously think’ about an offer for less than that.
It’s a situation to be worked out in the next few months but the belief is the highly rated youngster will be on his way to Tottenham at some point.
