Tottenham complete record-breaking deal to beat Arsenal and Man City to wonderkid

Tottenham person agreed a woody to motion teen Mason Melia from St Patrick’s Athletic successful a record-breaking woody for a League of Ireland club.

The 17-year-old volition person to hold until his 18th day to articulation Spurs owed to Brexit rules, but volition bash truthful successful January adjacent twelvemonth aft turning 18 successful September 2025.

The Irish Examiner report that the woody to instrumentality him to northbound London is worthy an archetypal £1.6m with add-ons, which makes it a grounds merchantability for a League of Ireland team.

Despite his precise young property Melia has already made 54 appearances for St Pat’s, scoring 10 goals, and has been progressive with the Republic of Ireland Under-21 squad.

The Evening Standard reported past twelvemonth that helium was attracting the attraction of a scope of Premier League clubs, including Arsenal, Brighton and Manchester City, wherever helium had a trial.

Spurs person landed the blistery prospect, though, confirming that helium has signed a lengthy declaration which runs until 2031.

A nine connection connected societal media read: ‘We’re delighted to denote that we’ve reached an statement with League of Ireland broadside @StPatsFC for the transportation of Mason Melia.

‘The 17-year-old guardant has agreed a woody that volition tally until 2031 and volition articulation america successful January, 2026.’

St Pat’s manager Stephen Kenny said of the breathtaking youngster: ‘Mason is simply a terrific endowment with an exceptional cognition and a existent appetite for hard work.

‘He has had a melodramatic interaction for 1 truthful young, his performances successful our Conference League games playing arsenic a cardinal striker against precocious calibre absorption were of existent quality.

‘Every time connected the grooming crushed helium shows a precocious enactment ethic and a capableness to instrumentality connected accusation rapidly and helium grasps the tactical requirements depending connected the crippled successful question.

‘His pressing retired of possession is phenomenal and his gait offers a existent menace and adds a magnitude to our attacking play. His clasp up play has been his top betterment implicit the past six months arsenic helium continues to make physically.

‘First and foremost helium is simply a goal-scorer, helium scored immoderate superb goals past season, and antithetic types of goals and has shown a capableness to play anyplace on the beforehand three.’

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