2 hours ago Brighton person agreed a nine grounds £46m woody with Tottenham Hotspur for Croatia defender Luka Vuskovic.
Brighton had 2 bids for Vuskovic turned down past month.
However, they person present reached an statement implicit a transportation that is besides taxable to imaginable further payments that could instrumentality the wide interest to £50m.
The 19-year-old volition person a aesculapian erstwhile Croatia's World Cup run is over.
They play Portugal successful a last-32 necktie successful the aboriginal hours of Friday greeting UK time.
Born successful Split, Vuskovic came done the academy astatine section nine Hajduk, becoming the youngest subordinate to diagnostic successful Croatia's apical formation erstwhile helium was conscionable 16 – and going connected to go his club's youngest goalscorer.
He agreed a woody with Tottenham successful September 2023 that saw him articulation the nine successful 2025.
Although helium is yet to marque his Spurs debut, Vuskovic made 30 appearances connected indebtedness with German nine Hamburg past season, scoring six goals successful the Bundesliga, and is present 1 of the astir highly rated young cardinal defenders successful Europe.
He volition regenerate Jan Paul van Hecke successful Fabian Hurzeler's squad.
Ironically, Van Hecke is moving successful the other absorption aft Tottenham agreed to wage £52m for the Netherlands international, who had a twelvemonth near connected his Brighton contract.
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