“Would definitely be smart business” – Tottenham weighing up transfer move for 22-year-old from EFL: The verdict

This article is part of Football League World’s ‘The Verdict‘ series, which provides personal opinions from the FLW writers regarding the latest breaking news, teams, players, managers, potential signings and more…

Tottenham Hotspur are set to up their interest in Oxford United defender Luke McNally, as per a report from Football Insider. 

The report states that the Premier League outfit have been assessing the 22-year-old recently, however, a seven-figure bid made from an unknown club, has forced Spurs to up their interest.

Joining the U’s in January 2021, the young defender has broken through at first-team level this season, starting 21 League One games for the promotion-chasing U’s.

Proceeding to mention that there is “extensive interest” in McNally, the report also mentions that Oxford are likely to cash in on one of their prize assets this summer.

Three of our writers here at FLW have shared their thoughts regarding Tottenham’s interest in Luke McNally…

Alfie Burns

You can never begrudge a top Premier League club diving down into League One looking for recruits. It’s not the trendy thing to do, but there’s some great talent in the EFL, McNally included.

The 22-year-old is having a great impact for Oxford and showcasing plenty to suggest that, one day, he will be good enough to step into the top-flight.

Whether that’s immediately, you could question, whilst you could also throw doubt at whether or not Tottenham is the best move for McNally.

There’s a real pressure on Spurs to deliver under Conte and get themselves back into the Champions League. Looking at the state of the club now, it’s not the most forgiving place to play your football, not like it was a couple of seasons back.

Because of that, you’d probably urge