Overview

• Reports credit ex-spurs scout Mick Brown with the claim that Tottenham have been tracking Hackney’s performances this season.
• A potential January move is being suggested in the reporting, but no official approach or bid has been disclosed.
• Hackney has started strongly for Middlesbrough with one goal and two assists in ten matches, plus solid defensive numbers cited from fbref.
• Multiple Premier League sides, including Crystal Palace, Manchester United, Aston Villa, West Ham and Everton, have been linked with interest.
• Earlier in the summer, Ipswich were said to have agreed a fee of about £20m before the player declined the move and stayed at the Riverside.