Under NO certain terms should #thfc be selling Will Lankshear on a permanent basis! ❌ I rate him so highly - to the point where if he was given a chance we would never look back. Cutting ties with his development after a very strong loan spell at Oxford,... I can’t get behind that. Trust in Roberto De Zerbi, of course. However, this is ANOTHER promising youngster we are letting go. It sets a very bad tone. 🎥 ™️show more

His technical floor is shit. Let him go for the right money.

Got a buy back clause and matching rights. He goes and develops for 2 years and we can buy him back. He’d be settled at a permanent club rather than continual loan spells. Can’t you see that?

Honestly having seen him a lot during his spell at Oxford, he’s a good physical forward with promise - but nowhere near top of the Prem level (yet?). And he won’t get game time next season to prove it on that basis. So what magic answer do people have?

I have a question..an actual question. If our youth players have such a high ceiling where is Man City, Bayern, Dortmund, Betis other proper clubs? There is no interest at all from what I'm seeing.

Totally agree, very annoying to see Lankshear looking to move on. Has the physical attributes to give him a very high floor and make giving him mins very low risk. Don’t understand it. Particularly given RDZ gave good mins to Evan Ferguson as an 18 year old.

Was brilliant for us, in a relegation scrap all season. In a better team he’d have better service and more chances. Worth a punt as backup in the PL or another loan move for more development. Wish he’d come back to Oxford!

THIS. He’s so alike to Kane it’s a joke

Ok getting so annoyed at this “I rate him so highly” Listen. This means fuck all. You don’t watch him day in, day out. You don’t TRULY know his key strengths and weaknesses. His mentality. You cannot truly rate him because you don’t actually know him.

Bizarre

When the boro comes knocking these things happen #massive

I’ll add to other OUFC comments .. He was so good ; best loan in many years If dickhead Rowett had played him more there certainly would have been more goals Nice lad ; speaks very well

I'd rather sell Scarlett that Lankshear.. He looks physically to handle PL football and could com back to haunt us this decion. Parrot left has flourished in Holland and Ireland. Don't make a big mistake...

Honestly I think there is a plan here it might not make much sense to us now. But maybe we are clearing out academy players who we feel aren't good enough for our first team to then bring through a new generation in three or four years. We have changed up our under 18's and 16's

Eh. How many ‘promising youngsters’ have we seen come and go? Who’s come out this academy in the last 20 years bar Kane? Madueke? Tanganga? Winks? Would love the lad to prove me wrong but really don’t think he’s at the level we want to be at.

@Spurs986 How do you know it’s de zerbi ?? Lange is in charge of youth!! I don’t think any club consults every fan when applying a strategy in a transfer window!! I love Begvhall have his Kit but we if he moves on then all the best to his career! I am fully COYS

THFC should under NO terms sell Will Lankshear because Spurs Army rates him so highly 😂

I am not sure he would become elite in a possession side. But haven’t watched him enough. Imagine will be the same matched and sell on profit. Got a few others coming through or just bought like Melia as well

I really wonder why we bother having an academy it cost a fortune to bring these kids through the system to play for our club and never given a real chance

It sets a ‘very bad tone’ that you join Spurs, increase your profile that you get a good championship loan & get sold to a championship club to start your pro career. 99% of academy players would give their arm for Lankshear’s path right now.

Boro will make a good profit on him then

There’s 20 million reasons why we should.

Rate him highly on what basis? If he that good why is it Boro in not a PL team

Yes ,Spurs will regret selling Will Lankashear they need to hang onto him

If he wants to leave as it’s been reported it was his desire, why are our fans throwing all their toys out the pram? HE DOESNT WANT TO BE HERE END OF

Totally agree. He needs a chance in the first team.

Every decent prospect we have folks argue that we should keep him. Less than 5-10% of academy players establish themselves as a first team regular beyond 2 seasons. That means out of 100 academy players we sell on, we might keep 5-10 of them. Let that sink in

That’s the striker we need.

Look at the money you's have spent this year though. This will be a case of balancing the books. The transfers inn, if over a 4 year contract, only 25% counts each year as loss. With an academy player being sold it's counted as 100% profit. Will almost certainly be for that.

He’s shit mate

Mini harry kane

He could easily be another Troy Parrott.

The fact spurs want to keep donley and Scarlett over lankshear is genuinely ridiculous.

We overhype our youngsters more than West Ham do @kjohno10 over to you champ

Couldn’t agree more