Spurs trying to bring in two English youngsters | OneFootball

According to a report from Football Transfers, Tottenham Hotspur are eying up moves for Adam Wharton from Crystal Palace, and Tyler Dibling from Southampton, with internal discussions already taking place.

Both players are very young, with Wharton turning 21 earlier this month, and Dibling still being just 18-years old. We have seen Spurs focus on signing young players in recent years, with Lucas Bergvall and Archie Gray having a particularly prominent role to make in recent months, despite just being teenagers.

Spurs looking at two young English players in the Premier League

Even aside from them, Destiny Udogie was signed at 20 (joining the club at 21), 22-year old Djed Spence, 21-year old Dejan Kulusevski, 22-year old Brennan Johnson, 22-year old Micky van de Ven, 20-year old Pape Sarr, and so on and so forth. Plenty of players that are crucial to the first team.

Do not be feared into thinking that this is just adding more kids for the sake of it though. These are two top class players. After joining Crystal Palace from Blackburn Rovers around this time last year, Wharton played so well for three months that he managed to secure a spot in England's Euros squad, despite so little time at Premier League level, making his debut in a warm up friendly in June.

This season has been a difficult one for him, after undergoing groin surgert (he'll fit right in, etc), but made his comeback in a win against Manchester United at Old Trafford recently, playing his part in Palace's second goal. It will be really interesting to see how he does from now until the end of the season.

As for Dibling, some may not see loads of goals and assists for an attacking player, but you must look beyond that. You just have to look at how dismal the team he is playing in is. In Southampton's 5-0 defeat against Spurs in December, he created a wonderful chance for Adam Armstrong, whom could not convert.

Despite the lack of quality competition, it is a big testament to the player that he has played so much in the Premier League at such a young age. Spurs were reported to have been scouting the player back in September, so there has been clear interest for a while - though inevitably they will not be alone in that interest, and there will certainly be a race for his signature this summer.