Will Lankshear is now the subject of a reported £70million valuation at Middlesbrough, just months after Tottenham sold him for an initial £10million plus another £10million in add-ons. The deal also included a 20 per cent sell-on clause and the right to match any future offers. It is a steep gap, and it has been created by a scoring run Spurs can only watch from a distance.
Middlesbrough's price tag
The reported £70million figure is the headline here, and it comes from football.london as Middlesbrough try to fend off Premier League interest. By the same report, Tottenham's summer sale left them with a base fee of £10million, plus potential add-ons worth another £10million. The arithmetic is ugly for Spurs even before the sell-on clause and matching right are factored in.
The scoring run behind it
Lankshear has scored 15 goals for Middlesbrough this season. He has done it with real efficiency, averaging a goal every 81 minutes and converting 27 per cent of his chances. football.london also reported that he scored eight goals in his first 11 matches for the club, then added seven more in five games after that. That kind of burst explains why a player sold as a developing asset is now being priced like a major one.
The wider point is straightforward enough. Tottenham did not just lose a striker who has started well, they let go of one who has turned early promise into a valuation that sits far above the fee they banked in the summer. The reported £70million tag is not a completed transfer fee, but it is already enough to make the original sale look painfully cheap.
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