Tottenham close to double deal in final hours of January transfer window

Tottenham are set to add two more youngsters to their loan army out across the Football League on transfer deadline day

George Abbott and Alfie Dorrington are set to seal loan deals with Football League clubs on transfer deadline day with two sides leading the race.

Midfielder Abbott, 20, was on loan at Wycombe Wanderers in the first half of the season and just started to pick up some momentum when a quad injury ruled him out for months. He was recalled by Spurs in the January window to get fit after another smaller injury and now football.london understands Abbott is set to return to League One with Mansfield Town leading the chase for him in a deadline day loan move.

Mansfield have already signed Tottenham academy product Oliver Irow this window, with the 19-year-old attacker having scored twice on his senior debut against Port Vale.

Another Spurs player set to head to the Football League is centre-back Alfie Dorrington, who returned last month from his second loan spell at Aberdeen. The 20-year-old now looks to be on the verge of joining up with League Two side Salford City for the remainder of the season as they lead the pack of clubs trying to sign him.

Other Tottenham youngsters who could yet leave the club on deadline day include midfielders Callum Olusesi, who has interest in Italy from Torino, and Matthew Craig, who has just returned from a cruciate ligament injury. The likes of Dante Cassanova, James Rowswell, Rio Kyerematen and Reiss-Alexander Russell-Denny will all be hoping to be the subject of late interest as well, although Spurs' lack of depth has required some of them to be on the first team bench in recent weeks.

There has been interest in midfielder Leo Black this month, with Birmingham believed to be among those who had shown an interest in the player, but nothing has materialised as of yet for the 19-year-old, who is out of contract at Tottenham this summer.

At this stage, Tottenham have decided not to loan out Mason Melia on transfer deadline day with the hope that the young Irish striker will soon start getting involved around first team training.

Spurs saw off competition from top clubs across the Premier League and Europe to snap up one of the biggest young talents in Irish football in the 18-year-old. His January move had been long in the offing with the club securing a deal with St Patrick's Athletic back in February last year, worth an initial £1.6million - a record transfer for the League of Ireland - with the potential for add-ons to double that figure.

However, Melia did arrive with a very minor back complaint, which he played with during his final months in Ireland, and the decision was made to deal with it straight away at Tottenham to ensure he could hit the ground running at 100 per cent with the north London club and work around the first team environment.

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