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Tottenham hopeful Archie Gray and Djed Spence can help them sign Championship star who’s been compared to Paul Gascoigne

Jamie Brown

Wed 26 March 2025 13:45, UK

Tottenham Hotspur are hoping that they can use two of their best young talents in order to win the race for one of the Championship’s best teenagers.

Following what has been a pretty catastrophic Premier Leagu💃e campaign, Spurs know they will need a strong summer transfer window in order to get back on track.

But, the North London club seem intent on continuing to sign Europe’s best young talen🐼ts and this time, they are looking to the second tier of English football for their next target.

Tottenham hopeful of persuading Chris Rigg to join

Tottenham Hotspur are hopeful that they can persuade Chris Rigg to join them ahead of the competition for his si𒊎gnature, acco꧅rding to .

Sunderland are expected to receive many offers for the 17-year-old 🎶in the summer with the youngster becoming very highly rated by Premier League clubs.

Ange Postecoglou’s side think they can point to Djed Spence and Archie Gray a𒊎s EFL stars who have been given opportunities to develop in the English top flight.

Spence is currently beiಞng tipped to play for En♛gland, meanwhile, Archie Gray is now seen as on𝄹e of the best talents in the Premier League.

The Australian has given plenty of game time to the likes of Gray, Mikey Moore and Lucas Bergvall who ha𒆙ve all turned into top players even at such a 🌼young age.

Liverไpool and Arsenal have also been linked wi🃏th Rigg showing that Spurs are likely to face strong competition t♊o get🅺 him.

Chris Rigg compared to Tottenham legend Paul Gascoigne

Former England international Carlton Palmer claims that Rigg is the best young talent to come out of the North East since Tottenham legend Paul Gascoigne.

Palmer also claims that the Black Catꦗs would also value the teenager at around £20 million, given 💝just how good he has been in the Championship this season.

When speaking about Crystal Palace’s interest in him back in November, Palmer told : They will have to break the bank to get him, Sunderland won’t sell him for £20 mil☂lion, they are top of the league and looking to get back to the Premier League, so if they’re going to sell Chris Rigg it will be for a lot more than £20 million.

“If he continues in the same form, and I don’t make this too fine a point, the last player to come out of that neck of the woods with that sort of talent was Paul Gascoigne, this b💛oy is in that class, so Sunderland are not going to sell him on the cheap.”