{"id":918561,"date":"2026-07-07T12:22:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T12:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/918561\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T12:22:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T12:22:19","slug":"tottenham-midfielder-undergoing-medical-ahead-of-transfer-out-of-the-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/918561\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham midfielder undergoing medical ahead of transfer out of the club"},"content":{"rendered":"

EXCLUSIVE: The talented young Tottenham Hotspur midfielder is set to join the Championship club where he enjoyed a big season on loan<\/p>\n

12:20, 07 Jul 2026Updated 13:01, 07 Jul 2026<\/p>\n

\"Tottenham<\/p>\n

Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Alfie Devine is set to move to Preston North End and is undergoing a medical with the Championship club on Tuesday<\/p>\n

Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Alfie Devine is undergoing a medical today with Preston North End ahead of a permanent move to the Championship club, football.london<\/strong> understands.<\/p>\n

The 21-year-old enjoyed a memorable season out on loan with North End with eight goals and eight assists in the centre of the park from 48 appearances. He earned plaudits aplenty for his performances and Devine<\/a> at one point had eight clubs interested in taking him permanently from Spurs<\/a>, including Scottish champions Celtic as well as some promotion-chasing Championship sides.<\/p>\n

However, Preston were always strongly in the race thanks to their relationship with the midfielder, who they made a concerted push to ensure he felt wanted from the first moments at the club.<\/p>\n

Before taking Devine on loan last summer, Preston agreed an option with Tottenham to buy the England U20 midfielder in a deal worth around \u00a36million. That figure is more than twice their transfer record but the youngster impressed so much that the Lancashire club, who finished 14th in the Championship last season, were said by the local Preston media to have triggered the option with payments in instalments.<\/p>\n

Now football.london<\/strong> understands Devine, who has 12 months left on his contract at Spurs, is undergoing his medical after giving the green light to Preston.<\/p>\n

FOLLOW OUR TOTTENHAM FB PAGE! <\/strong>Latest Spurs news, analysis and much more via our dedicated Facebook page<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

He is the north London club’s youngest ever goalscorer after his FA Cup strike in 2021 as a 16-year-old against Marine, but two appearances in that competition are the only occasions in which he has pulled on a Spurs shirt in senior competitive matches. Instead the midfielder has been sent out on multiple loans over the years to Port Vale, Plymouth, Belgian side Westerlo and then Preston last season.<\/p>\n

With the \u00a3185million arrival of both Sandro Tonali<\/a> and Mateus Fernandes<\/a> this summer, Devine’s chances of getting an opportunity in the midfield under Roberto De Zerbi<\/a> continued to shrink and now he will head off to Preston permanently to continue his development.<\/p>\n

Thousands of Tottenham Hotspur fans upgraded their matchday last season. This is how they did it.<\/p>\n

This article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Learn more<\/a>\"Content<\/p>\n

Various Prices<\/p>\n

Seat Unique<\/p>\n

Buy official packages at Seat Unique<\/a><\/p>\n

Official premium experiences at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium are available now for the 26\/27 Premier League season. Make it easier than ever to turn a regular fixture into something genuinely unforgettable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: The talented young Tottenham Hotspur midfielder is set to join the Championship club where he enjoyed a…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":918562,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[45],"tags":[246154,84906,292453,246473,221,62,96376,36711,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-918561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-alfie-devine","tag-mateus-fernandes","tag-roberto-de-zerbi","tag-sandro-tonali","tag-soccer","tag-sports","tag-spurs-transfer-news","tag-summer-transfer-window","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116878677404437999","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=918561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/918562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=918561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=918561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=918561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}