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title: "Tottenham Hotspur: Fabio Paratici on verge of green lighting Dennis Cirkin exit"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tottenham-hotspur-fabio-paratici-on-verge-of-green-lighting-dennis-cirkin-exit/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Emilio Galantini"
section: "Premier League"
published: "2021-08-07T10:15:06Z"
modified: "2021-08-07T10:15:06Z"
---

# Tottenham Hotspur: Fabio Paratici on verge of green lighting Dennis Cirkin exit

**As per journalist Charlie Eccleshare of The Athletic ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/cdeccleshare/status/1423611309749424131?s=21)), Tottenham Hotspur managing director Fabio Paratici is on the verge of green lighting yet another N17 exit with Dennis Cirkin’s sale to Sunderland ‘expected to go through’.**

### The Lowdown: Spurs summer sales…

In a major rebuild, Paratici has been tasked with developing Tottenham’s on-field sporting operations and overseeing their sell-to-buy summer ahead of Nuno Espirito Santo’s debut season in charge of the club.

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Already, Spurs have successfully offloaded the likes of Erik Lamela, Juan Foyth, Joe Hart and Toby Alderweireld for profit whilst letting Danny Rose and Paulo Gazzaniga leave on free transfers.

[Football Insider](https://www.footballinsider247.com/sources-sunderland-in-advanced-talks-to-sign-cirkin-from-tottenham/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1628185549-1) recently broke news of Sunderland’s talks to sign Cirkin from Spurs in yet another player who could be departing and the development has now been backed by Eccleshare.

### The Latest: Cirkin ‘expected’ to leave Spurs…

As per the reporter, writing on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/cdeccleshare/status/1423611309749424131?s=21), Spurs’ promising talent may be next to leave north London on a permanent deal as the Black Cats swoop in.

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Despite being largely recognised as a ‘real talent’ and one who has been tipped to become a ‘real star’ for the Lilywhites one day ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/cdeccleshare/status/1423611309749424131?s=21)), the 19-year-old’s sale to Sunderland is still ‘expected to go through’.

It is not clear whether this permanent exit includes a potential buy-back option, or at the very least a sell-on clause, but Spurs supporters may be hoping that is the case.

### The Verdict: Big loss…

Hailed as a young player with ‘a lot of quality’ by former Spurs boss Jose Mourinho after his appointment in 2019, news of Cirkin’s departure apparently hasn’t gone down too well with a large section of fans ([Football Insider](https://www.footballinsider247.com/sources-surprise-cirkin-move-to-sunderland-set-to-be-completed-in-days-as-tottenham-fans-fume/)).

Sunderland are also said to be confident of finalising Cirkin’s signing in [the next few days](https://www.footballinsider247.com/sources-surprise-cirkin-move-to-sunderland-set-to-be-completed-in-days-as-tottenham-fans-fume/) as Tottenham bid a likely farewell to the teenager with bags of potential.

If the left-back goes on to become a star defender, this may be a move Spurs will look back on with some regret. One would hope Paratici has been clever enough to include some form of buy-back clause.

***In other news: Bid made – Tottenham have now lodged offer to sign player with ‘gigantic buzz’, find out more [here.](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tottenham-transfer-rumours/tottenham-hotspur-spurs-have-already-lodged-mikkel-damsgaard-offer/)***