Tottenham have made Town a £5 million offer for 17-year-old striker Connor Wickham. The Londoners want to sign the frontman during the summer with a view to loaning him back to the Blues for the 2010/11 season.

On Friday, manager Roy Keane refused to disclose whether the Blues had received an offer for the England U17 international, who signed a two-year professional contract last month.

A week previously Keane said he would be lynched by supporters if he were to allow the biggest talent to emerge from the academy in years to leave so soon.

The offer may be considered by owner Marcus Evans and chief executive Simon Clegg, however, they may feel that Wickham could be worth even more in a year’s time after a full season in the Championship, with plenty of other Premier League clubs, including Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal, all understood to have been eyeing the 6ft 3in tall striker.

Wickham is happy at the club and has said he is in no hurry to leave having ended the season by netting three goals in his last five games.

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ITFCed added 16:12 - May 4 Please don't go Please don't go. I would want a minimum of £12 million as Theo Walcott cost that much at his age and he is a lot better than Theo
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PeekFreans added 16:54 - May 4 Tell them where to go. Keep Wickham for next season. Get promoted. Either keep Wickham or sell him for £10m. A fair plan.
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devontractorboy added 17:38 - May 4 No!
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bennyblue added 00:48 - May 5 sell the bloody lot of em surely we can just rename our town sunderland outcasts fc and we will never have to pay for a footballer again
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Brogansconk added 07:27 - May 5 A talent like Wickham must be worth £10M to a club on the brink of CL football. Inm a year he will be only 18 but bigger stronger and better. Look at what Bent is worth, and Connor must be worth more.
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samassiabou added 18:07 - May 5 Slap a £30 million price tag on the boy. If Keane/Evans have any sense they'll increase his wages to £50-60k per week to persuade him to stay!
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tommyblue added 23:01 - May 10 spurs!..sunderland!..premier teams after town players....we go after yeovil!!!!!or keane's old pals from sunderland!!!!!!!!!!!! keane get a grip or sod off
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Scrapper added 10:59 - May 12 KEANO & IPSWICH…Can you allow Connor Wickham to wipe his nose before selling up?
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rolly added 09:38 - May 27 we should do a straight swap giovanni plus 5 million i feel this is a great idea as giovanni is a great player and is young with alot of confidence and pace if he's good enough for barca then he is surely good enough for ipswich also he will bang the goals we so desperatly need he has much more to offer as i think we can get him on a long term and conor wickham will more than likely be gone in the next two years GIOOOOOO !

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