REPORT: Preston negotiating £4.5m deal for Tottenham’s Alfie Devine

PRESTON, ENGLAND - APRIL 18: Preston North End's Alfie Devine in action during the Sky Bet Championship match between Preston North End and West Bromwich Albion at Deepdale Stadium on April 18, 2026 in Preston, England. (Photo by Richard Martin-Roberts - CameraSport via Getty Images) | CameraSport via Getty Images There may not be any Devine intervention this summer regarding the future of 21-year-old Tottenham Hotspur attacker Alfie Devine. According Alan Nixon (Patreon feed, relayed via Lancashire Post ), Preston North End, where Devine spent the 2025-26 season on loan, is in the process of negotiating a £4.

5m fee for Alfie that would see him join Deepdale permanently this summer. Personal terms have already been agreed, though Devine is free to decline the deal if he doesn’t feel it fits into his best interests. Alan Nixon is a former chief football writer for the S-n (a newspaper whose website you should never visit) and these days he’s gone independent, putting all his scoops behind a paywall on his Patreon feed.

I have no intention of paying money to read Alan Nixon’s transfer rumors, but I will admit that in terms of reliability he’s somewhere in the upper quartile for football rumor mongers. Think that's a pretty rough deal for Spurs unless there are considerable clauses involved https://t. co/TTbFLW7zUe pic.

twitter. com/eojJRF3oWe — Nathan (@NathanAClark) May 18, 2026 The gist is this — Spurs and Preston apparently came to an agreement at the beginning of the season for Alfie to head to Deepdale on loan, with a purchase option — the £4. 5m fee listed above.