The 18-year-old emerged as an Arsenal target early on deadline day but have been trumped by their north London rivals
Spurs have out-flanked London rivals Arsenal in the deadline day race to sign Hearts striker James Wilson.
Record Sport can reveal the 18-year-old is set to travel south this afternoon to put pen to paper on a loan deal at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium until the end of the current campaign.
The shock move comes after Arsenal made an approach to strike a similar agreement over the weekend.
The Premier League leaders made initial contact with Tynecastle top brass to express interest in taking the teenager into their development squad until the end of the season.
It’s believed Arsenal wanted to monitor Wilson at close quarters by giving him regular game time in their under 21 team before deciding on whether or not to weigh in with a permanent offer.
But, earlier today, we revealed how the Premiership high flyers had refused to green light that move without a whopping fee being agreed in advance.
Those talks remained placed on hold for 24 hours and that has given Spurs the chance to jump to the front of the queue.
Record Sport understands Spurs have agreed to stump up a significant initial loan fee while also thrashing out the details of a possible fee should they decide to make the move permanent in the summer.
Tottenham have agreed to a deal which gives them an option to buy Wilson outright without an obligation to push the deal through.
But their willingness to firm up the potential financial windfall has been enough to convince Hearts into doing business for a player who has already been capped by Scotland at full international level.
Boss Derek McInnes would have been happy for Wilson to stay put at Tynecastle and fight for a first team place as the Jambos push for a historic title success.
But the youngster has spent most of the campaign watching on from the bench with McInnes preferring more experienced options to lead his attack.
McInnes now looks set to be one attacking option down for the remainder of the season with no indication that the manager will be backed to replace Wilson before the transfer window closes at 11pm.
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