DONE DEAL: Dane Scarlett heads to Hibs on loan

Yeah yeah, this is late, I know. I had something of a DAY yesterday so you get your free bloggings later than usual. Anyway, Tottenham Hotspur made another move in the transfer window yesterday, but it’s not an incoming — it’s an outgoing, announcing that young striker Dane Scarlett is heading to Scotland on a loan to Hibernian FC until the end of the season.

Dane’s a bit of a puzzle. He’s probably the best striker to come out of Tottenham’s academy since Harry Kane, but he hasn’t really been able to force his way into the first team yet. Over the past three years he’s gone out on loan to Portsmouth, Ipswich, Oxford, and now Hibs as he continues to develop his game.

I don’t have much of an opinion on this loan, but heading out to the team currently fifth in Scotland doesn’t seem too shabby. Some people are going to side-eye this loan considering Spurs are down to Dom Solanke, Mathys Tel and Randal Kolo Muani as natural strikers in the squad, and Dane has had a couple of recent cameos as a late game sub. But Dane’s now 21 and at this point he needs regular minutes if he’s going to establish himself as a regular first team player, even if that’s not at Spurs, so I’m okay with it. It’s not like we were going to get a ton of use out of him this spring anyway, might as well send him somewhere where he’ll actually play.

I know technically this weakens the squad, but I don’t like the idea of keeping a young player around just because he might be needed in an emergency. If we’re at the point where we need Dane Scarlett to save our season, we’re in a lot bigger trouble than we are right now.