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Tottenham Hotspur want to sign both Ryan and Steven Sessegnon from Fulham this summer in the same deal, per the Daily Mail.

What’s the word?

Spurs have already completed two signings this summer, acquiring Jack Clarke from Leeds United and Tanguy Ndombele from Lyon.

The latter has become the club’s record signing after the French club confirmed that Spurs paid €60m (£53.8m) for the midfielder, with added bonuses that could total €10m (£8.9m).

Yet it appears that they are not done yet, with the Mail reporting that the Sessegnon brothers have been targeted and Spurs have discussed including Steven in the deal for his more famous brother Ryan.

Ryan, who is 19, has made a total of 120 appearances for Fulham, including 38 in all competitions last season; he scored twice and registered six assists. He can play at left back and on the left wing.

Steven, who is the same age, has made just four senior appearances for the Cottagers and can play across the back four.

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Complicating the deal

The Guardian have previously claimed that the first-team star wants to play under Mauricio Pochettino and has already told Fulham that he will not be renewing his contract, which expires next summer.

It should be a simple piece of business, then, for Spurs to bring him to north London.

Yet adding Steven into the equation only muddies the waters. His brother has had precious little first-team exposure and has yet to make his Premier League debut.

It makes little sense for Spurs to attempt to buy both, really, unless Ryan is a major fan of nepotism.

Otherwise, one feels that negotiations could be strained by the fact that they are attempting to snatch away two youngsters from the same club, instead of focusing their efforts on the seemingly superior Sessegnon.