Tottenham's Marcus Edwards sell-on clause situation explained amid Man United transfer links
The January transfer window has been a quiet one for most Premier League clubs.
Concerns over potentially breaching the Premier League’s Profit and Sustainability Regulations (PSR), allied with a lack of value that can be achieved in the market in January, a time when selling clubs charge a premium to take their talent mid-season, especially to English football’s top flight, means the big deals of last January are nowhere to be seen.
Tottenham Hotspur have been one of the few active Premier League clubs, adding Timo Werner on loan from RB Leipzig, with the potential to make it permanent in the summer for £15m, as well as talented 21-year-old Romanian defender Radu Dragusin from Italian side Genoa for £26m.
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Spurs have also made some moves this month to lighten the load on their wage bill and further prepare themselves for the summer, with Ivan Perisic heading out on loan to Hajduk Split, and Djed Spence joining Genoa on loan with an option to buy at the end of the season. Transfer chatter around a player who left the club in 2019 has emerged in recent days, and it could be significant for Spurs’ finances come the summer, potentially aiding their spending power.
Marcus Edwards is a product of the Spurs academy setup, joining them in 2006. Loans at Norwich City and Dutch side Excelsior Rotterdam saw him get senior minutes, but he was stymied in his efforts to break through at the club where he had grown up.
In 2019, Spurs sold Edwards to Portuguese top-flight side Vitoria Guimaraes for a little over £1m, crucially retaining 50% of his economic
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