Tottenham striker Dane Scarlett triggers professional contract after turning 17

Tottenham striker Dane Scarlett has begun his first professional contract on the membership after turning 17.

ig issues are anticipated of {the teenager} in north London and Jose Mourinho has already given him loads of first-team publicity this season, making his (*17*) League debut in January.

Scarlett celebrated his seventeenth birthday earlier this week, triggering a deal that runs till 2023.

A Spurs assertion learn: “We are delighted to announce that Dane Scarlett’s first professional contract with the Club has now been formalised.

We are delighted to announce that Dane Scarlett’s first professional contract with the Club has now been formalised.

✍️ The contract for the younger ahead will run till 2023, having been triggered following his seventeenth birthday.#THFC ⚪️ #COYS

— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) March 28, 2021

The contract for the younger ahead will run till 2023, having been triggered following his seventeenth birthday.”

Having been a part of the first-team’s pre-season preparations, Scarlett made his debut within the Europa League group stage in November, approaching in its place in a 4-0 win over Ludogorets.

His first (*17*) League look got here as a late substitute within the 2-0 win over West Brom in February, earlier than one other run-out within the Europa League later that month, the place he claimed an help in a 4-0 victory over Wolfsberger.

After that recreation, Mourinho mentioned: “Dane has unimaginable expertise. I don’t need to communicate an excessive amount of as a result of tomorrow I arrive within the constructing and the child’s boss goes to kill me.

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Scarlett has performed 3 times for Spurs this season all as a 16-year-old (John Walton/PA)

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Scarlett has performed 3 times for Spurs this season all as a 16-year-old (John Walton/PA)

“I don’t need that so I don’t need to communicate too nicely about him. I simply need to say that he might be 17 subsequent month and I need him to be a part of the first-team squad subsequent season.

“So this season he’s there and right here, goes to coaching periods with us and matches with the children of his age and trains there.

“Next season he must be a first-team participant. Immense expertise. Very good bodily growth.

“He’s superb, he’s going to be superb. I hope that nothing goes to destroy that potential. He should have ft on the bottom and head on his shoulders as a result of he has a incredible expertise.”

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