The Scottish Premiership duo of Celtic and Rangers are reportedly keen on signing Tottenham Hotspur starlet Dilan Markanday ahead of the January transfer window. The interest of both Rangers and Celtic in the young Spurs striker was revealed by report from The Evening Standard which claimed that the two Scottish Premiership teams and others from the English Championship are interested in the player.
Markanday, 20, has been a major source of goals for the Tottenham Hotspur Under-23s this season. He has ten goals and four assists in 11 matches for the Spurs Under-23 team.
Apart from the aforementioned teams in Scotland, four Championship teams are also keen on signing the young attacker. The Championship teams plotting a move for Markanday are Nottingham Forest, Blackburn Rovers, Stoke City and Bournemouth.
Sky Sports reported earlier this week that Markanday could leave Tottenham Hotspur with his existing contract nearing its completion. The Championship teams eyeing a move for the Spurs player were mentioned on the popular media platform. It was revealed that the player could leave the North London side in search of regular first-team football.
It has been disclosed that two more Championship teams are interested inMarkanday via the report from The Evening Standard.Queens Park Rangers (QPR) and West Brom are also said to have joined the race to sign Markanday. The Spurs youngster is in high demand amongst clubs in the second tier of club football as far as English football is concerned. The top two big teams in the Scottish Premiership are also not left behind in the scramble for his signature.
Tottenham Hotspur officials see Markanday as one for the future and they want him to go out on loan before coming backto stake a claim for a place in the first team. It remains to be seen if he would still be in North London at the start of next season with his contract situation.