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Seems very likely Skipp is going to Leicester, either permanently for a fee rumoured at £20m or on a loan with an option/obligation to buy at same figure.
Not totally surprised - Skipp picked up a nasty injury right at end of his Norwich loan and has struggled to get gametime since appearing to be less effective than he was at Norwich when he's played at Spurs. Sadly it happens to some players.
He's the only outfield player we have with much playing experience. so once he leaves under UEFA rules Spurs have only one Club Trained player (Austin 3rd GK) and with 3 Club trained players short our total UEFA squad size is reduced to 22 players - and not too many options to increase that recruiting former players who would be Club trained (including Walker-Peters, Edwards, Cirkin, Veljkovic et al) which I think likely.
In order to increase squad size I suspect Ange is more likely to give youngsters who qualify for List B (broadly 2 years at Spurs and under 21), so I now expect both Devine and Lankshear to stay with some playing time allocated to Moore and maybe a couple of others. Not the same as bringing in a more experienced player, but a pragmatic alternative.
And the hope/expectation is that a couple of those youngsters once they reach age 21 will be both experienced and good enough to be join the squad as 'Club Trained' players in say 2 years time such that Spurs can legitimately have more than 22 players in its uefa squad - perhaps even back to 25 players if 3 youngsters become club trained. So its seeing long term planning in action.
