Josh Onomah is set to leave Tottenham this summer in an attempt to find first-team football (The Sun).
The 22-year-old made his debut back in Mauricio Pochettino’s first season at the club in an FA Cup third-round replay against Burnley.
But in the four years that have followed the Englishman has only made a further 31 appearances for the Lilywhites, failing to secure a place in the starting XI of the north London side.
Indeed, a number of Bundesliga clubs are said to be interested in the man who has had loan spells at both Aston Villa and Sheffield Wednesday.
Borussia Monchengladbach, Mainz, Augsburg and Frankfurt are all said to be in for him in a move which could lead him down a similar path to that of Jadon Sancho’s when he went to Borussia Dortmund back in 2017.
Onomah is just the latest in a number of Spurs players to be linked with moves away following speculation around Danny Rose, Toby Alderweireld and Christian Eriksen, while Kieran Trippier has already moved to Atletico Madrid.
Pochettino has built a reputation at Spurs as a manager who gives youngsters a chance and develops them as players – with the likes of Dele Alli, Harry Winks and Juan Foyth all benefiting from that method.
However, he needs to be careful as Marcus Edwards is also looking to find a way out of the club this summer in a period which could see the Champions League finalists lose two of their academy talents.
And while Onomah has shown little to suggest he can make it at the elite level – just four goals and three assists in 33 appearances for Aston Villa last season – the same accusation could have been levelled at someone like Harry Kane, who scored just two goals in 15 appearances for Leicester before breaking through at White Hart Lane.
Given they are a club who has benefited so greatly from utilising their academy prospects, it would not be in keeping with the model Pochettino has built to now become a spending club who do not give prospects a chance.
Onomah should be an isolated case as opposed to the start of a wider policy.
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