Tottenham stunned on wonderkid price
Tottenham are stunned after Blackburn slapped a whopping £9.45million price tag on their whizkid defender Ashley Phillips.
Spurs thought they would be able to sign the centre-back, 18, for only £2m plus extras in a bargain swoop.
However, I can reveal the extraordinary package Ewood Park chiefs want in return for the teenage discovery.
Rovers are demanding a guaranteed £5m with a chunk paid immediately and the rest settled in the next two years.
Blackburn then want £150,000 when Phillips starts at his new club and TEN bonuses in all after a set number of appearances, up to 80 games.
So, if Phillips becomes a regular for Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou his fee rises to £6.5millon.
And, on top of that Phillips would cost a further £250k in the first two seasons he starts more than half of Spurs’ Premier League games — plus a further £250k for two seasons if the club qualifies for Europe and he plays in 50 per cent of the matches.
In a less likely addition there is a £500k bonus due to Blackburn should Phillips be part of a side that wins the Premier League or the Champions League.
