Tottenham have made their fifth signing of the summer transfer window by bringing in Burnley’s youngest ever Premier League scorer, Wilson Odobert, for an undisclosed fee.
The 19-year-old Paris St-Germain youth product has signed a five-year contract to return to the Premier League following the Clarets’ relegation to the Championship last season.
Odobert has moved for an initial fee of around £31.5 million, as well as potential add-ons and a sell-on deal for Burnley, Le Parisien’s Marc Mechenoua has reported.
Spurs have also added Archie Gray from Leeds, Lucas Bergvall from Djurgarden, Min-hyeok Yang from Gangwon and Dominic Solanke from Bournemouth since the end of 2023/24.
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Wilson Odobert stats
Odobert made his breakthrough with Ligue 1 side Troyes after turning down a senior contract with PSG.
The France youth international contributed four goals and two assists in 32 appearances in 2022/23, starting 19 times and scoring for his country at under-19 and under-20 level.
Burnley signed Odobert a game into their ill-fated first season back in the season after winning the Championship in 2022/23.
He scored three goals and set up another three in the Premier League, his first coming when he put Burnley ahead in a 4-1 home defeat to Chelsea in October.
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“The project here excited me,” Odobert told Burnley’s website when he arrived. “I really liked it: the manager [Vincent Kompany], the team, the town. I really love it and it’s a really good project for me.
“I want to play as much as possible at Burnley, do as well as I can with the team, stay in the team and play the best I possibly can for the club.”
Odobert started and scored Burnley’s second goal in their 4-1 win at Luton Town in their Championship opener on Friday.
Tottenham fixtures, schedule
Spurs start their season at one of the teams to have replaced Burnley in the division, Leicester City, on Monday (8pm BST).
They host Everton in their first home match five days later (3pm) before travelling to Newcastle on September 1 (1.30pm).
