Tottenham are turning attention towards signing a new central midfielder after bringing Mohammed Kudus to N17.
TBR Football understand Spurs are admirers of Adam Wharton – and would be ready to make a move for the England international if he is made available by Crystal Palace this summer.
The 21-year-old has made a huge impression on the Premier League since his £18m move from Blackburn Rovers in January 2024, helping Crystal Palace win the FA Cup last season with a terrific display in the final against Manchester City.
Now, some Tottenham fans have grown excited by the prospect of signing Adam Wharton after what the Crystal Palace No.20 said at the launch of a new home kit at Selhurst Park.
Adam Wharton’s response to whether he’ll be at Crystal Palace next season gets Tottenham fan talking
The Blackburn-born maestro spoke to Ollie Thomas on TikTok at the launch of the new Crystal Palace home shirt, where a comment right at the end of the video got Spurs supporters chatting on X (previously known as Twitter).
When Thomas said “looking forward to seeing you rocking this shirt this season” Wharton replied “hopefully” – a fairly non-committal remark in the eyes of Tottenham fans.
One said it was “crazy” to hear the Crystal Palace playmaker say such a thing at the launch of the new kit, which sparked a discussion amongst the Spurs fanbase.
Another made a comment about the body language of Wharton – who is a dream target for Thomas Frank – making the point that the midfielder had his head down when saying “hopefully”.
However, to us at least, he was simply just taking another look at the shirt.
A third Tottenham fan leapt to a conclusion on the basis of this short four-second footage, simply writing “oh he’s gone” after hearing the comment.
Others in the thread excitedly discussed the prospect of seeing Wharton pulling the strings alongside Lucas Bergvall and Archie Gray in midfield, with Kudus and Morgan Gibbs-White ahead of him.
It won’t be an easy task by any means for Tottenham to prise Adam Wharton away from Crystal Palace
Where Gibbs-White is a realistic target given his £60m release clause, signing Wharton from Crystal Palace is an entirely different task for the north Londoners.
The Englishman has no fixed release clause in his contract, and that deal still has four years to run until it expires in July 2029.
Therefore, we can foresee Crystal Palace demanding a similar fee to the £105m West Ham demanded for Declan Rice before his move to Arsenal, if not the £115m Brighton managed to sell Moises Caicedo to Chelsea for.