Bristol City wonderkid Alex Scott is attracting a lot of attention from Premier League clubs, with Tottenham, Wolves and Leeds just three names tracking the midfielder. After making 25 Championship appearances for the Robins, Scott has many interested parties he could join in the summer or potentially even January.
Previous interest from Tottenham could be reignited now that Wolves have entered the race to sign the 19-year-old with great force. Julian Lopetegui's arrival has already seen Matheus Cunha join on loan from Atletico Madrid and Scott has been eyed as the Spaniard's next signing.
As per The Telegraph, Wolves have been in talks with the Bristol City for the England Under-20 international, who would likely cost around £25million after further impressive appearances under Nigel Pearson.
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Scott has been a mainstay in a team very rarely kept the same, grabbing six assists from his 25 second-tier appearances in the process. Leicester City and Bournemouth are also keen admirers, with the latter also declaring an interest in Antoine Semenyo.
In the meantime, Spurs may potentially be better off without Scott, not because his quality isn't abundantly clear, but more because he would not fit the mould of an Antonio Conte player. The teenager is a good player, there is no doubt about that, but if Spurs were to fork out that asking price, he would likely need a few loans and therefore a couple of seasons before he could impact the first team.
The Italian is known for wanting players that can immediately impact his squad with Dejan Kulusevski and Rodrigo Bentancur as the prime examples who did exactly that last January. The summer arrival of Djed Spence is perhaps the best example of why Spurs should not go back in for Scott.
After the arrival of Spence from Middlesbrough was confirmed, Conte continuously re-iterated that he was a signing for the future and it is clear his opinion has not changed much when you consider how much the 22-year-old has played this season.
The 13 minutes handed to him off the bench in the FA Cup meeting with Portsmouth took his tally to 41, despite the performances from Emerson Royal and Matt Doherty arguably not exactly providing a strong case for either to call the position their own.
Spurs are keen to sign players with high ceilings though, alongside Spence, Pape Matar Sarr, Bryan Gil and Destiny Udogie have all been purchased by the north London club in the last few years, with loan moves occurring after their purchase.
Scott will likely be snapped up fairly quickly, but perhaps it would be best for Spurs to not re-enter this transfer race given their current track record of signing young players and then needing to loan them, clashing with Conte's preference of incoming transfers having an impact on his first-team squad.
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