Tottenham teen Keanan Bennetts set to join Borussia Monchengladbach to boost chances of playing top-flight football

On the move | Tottenham teen Keanan Bennetts
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Tottenham teenager Keanan Bennetts is set to join the exodus of England youth internationals to Germany's Bundesliga.

Bennetts, 19, is poised to join Borussia Monchengladbach to boost his chances of playing top-flight football.

The Bundesliga club already have Mandela Egbo, a former England Under-18 international who was poached from Crystal Palace in 2015, and they are also hopeful of completing the permanent signing of Reece Oxford from West Ham.

Oxford (below), the second-youngest ever Premier League starter, spent last season on loan at Gladbach.

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Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Bongarts/Getty Images

Elsewhere in Germany, prodigal former Man City winger Jadon Sancho (below), 17, has impressed in Borussia Dortmund's first-team since forcing his way out of the Premier League champions last summer, while Ademola Lookman, 20, finished the season with five goals in as many games for RB Leipzig, while on loan from Everton.

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Both forwards were mooted as potential wildcards for England's World Cup squad.

English youngsters Kaylen Hinds, formerly of Arsenal, Danny Collinge, Denzeil Boadu and ex-West Ham forward Jordan Brown have made similar, if lower-profile, moves to Germany.

Bennetts, a powerful winger, was born in Edgware to a German mother and a Nigerian father, and he represented Germany at U15 level before switching allegiance to England.

Spurs are relaxed about his departure and receive a £2million transfer fee from Gladbach. Spurs have offered a professional contract to 17-year-old forward Reo Griffiths, who is considering his options and has also been linked with a move to the Bundesliga.

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