Alasdair Gold has revealed that Manchester City had their eyes on signing two Tottenham Hotspur youth players in January.
The recent winter transfer window saw the Citizens land a deal to sign Claudio Echeverri, as well as wave goodbye to Kalvin Phillips as the midfielder joined West Ham United on loan until the end of the season.
Now that the window has closed, some behind-the-scenes details have emerged regarding two players the Manchester club had on their radar but ultimately didn’t end up landing deals for.
Gold said City were looking at two Spurs players
Speaking in a recent edition of Gold and Guest Talk Tottenham, Gold had this to say about two particular Spurs youngsters that City had their eyes on last month.
He said: “You’ve got Mikey Moore, who is a real incredible talent. Callum Olusesi, as well. Both Moore and Olusesi they convinced to stay at Spurs. Many, many top clubs, I think the likes of Man City were looking to get them and teams like that.”
Olusesi, who is a midfielder in Spurs’ U18 squad, has scored five goals and delivered three assists in 12 appearances across the U18 Premier League and the FA Youth Cup.
Then with Moore, he has found the net nine times and supplied six assists in nine league appearances while playing in a variety of different midfield and attacking positions.
This makes it easy to see why the Manchester club had their eyes on potentially adding the two 16-year-olds to their youth ranks.
As things stand, City’s U18 side are currently 17 points behind their rivals Manchester United at the top of the North version of the league table.
With that in mind, if the club had been able to land deals for Moore and Olusesi in January, this could have given City’s U18 side a great boost to their chances of catching up to their close rivals, especially considering how effective the Spurs duo have proved to be in front of goal this season.
