WEST BROM are worried top kid Nathan Ferguson will go abroad at the end of the season.
And the Baggies may be open to selling the full-back, 19, to Crystal Palace or Tottenham instead in the January window.
Nathan Ferguson has been a breakout star for the Baggies this seasonCredit: Rex Features
Ferguson can sign a pre-contract with a foreign club then, so could be available for a bargain fee.
Palace and Spurs may offer him a shot at first-team action, with both keen as we revealed.
The England youth international hasn’t looked back since being handed his Baggies debut by boss Slaven Bilic on the opening day of the season.
The impressive teen has since played 13 matches in the Championship for the Hawthorns side.
Predominantly a right-sided player, Ferguson has shown versatility by filling in at left-back regularly this season.
Spurs and Palace have both had issues at right-back.
Jose Mourinho’s side have struggled to properly replace Kyle Walker in the last two-and-a-half seasons – with Serge Aurier the latest player not to convince there.
And with neither Kyle Walker-Peters or Juan Foyth having been shown much faith in that position by Mourinho’s predecessor Mauricio Pochettino.
Nathan Ferguson could pounce if he is to move to North London.
As for Roy Hodgson’s Palace – chairman Steve Parish opted not to replace £50million wonderkid Aaron Wan-Bissaka after the 21-year-old moved to Manchester United.
The man that Wan-Bissaka initially dislodged, Joel Ward, has been occupying the spot this season.
Spurs will make West Brom teenager Nathan Ferguson their top target for the problem right-back slot
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
