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CaicedoYeah there's a reason it's extremely rare for young Championship/lower league players to make the jump straight to top 6 clubs and do well.
Usually they need a stepping stone club in between to get the minutes at the top level and develop.
Beyond Alli I struggle to think of many Champ/League 1 players that went straight to a top club and made an instant impact (not including players loaned). And even we were a Europa league team in a much weaker prem when Alli joined.
Even if the talent is there most top clubs simply don't give them enough minutes so they get sold on.
And sadly, the reason Orban might actually work out at Spurs is cos we're now an 8th placed team willing to punt on an unproven player and we're actually in a position to give him minutes. If we were in the top 4 he'd be much less likely to get into the side.