Norwich City sporting director Stuart Webber has confirmed that the club have already spoken to Tottenham about re-signing Oliver Skipp ahead of the 2021/22 season.
Joining the Canaries on a season-long deal last summer as he was given the green light to head out on loan to help with his development, the England U21 international earned rave reviews at Carrow Road after playing an integral part in their Championship title success.
Starting in 44 of their 46 league games, a foot injury sustained in the penultimate match of the season against Reading meant Skipp missed out on the final day away at Barnsley after going under the knife earlier in the week to repair a metatarsal fracture.
Rated incredibly highly by former Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho, the 20-year-old looks destined to have a bright future in N17 and he could well play a big part for the club's next manager from August onwards.
However, Webber has admitted that Norwich will "always leave a place open for him" but he is well aware that his club will have plenty of competition from other Premier League sides if Mourinho's successor allows the academy graduate to go out on loan for a second successive year.
“I have spoken to Spurs already. I have obviously spoken to Oliver already. And his representative. We'd love to keep him,” he said in an interview with Pink Un.
“What's key for us is we'll always leave a place open for him, because his impact is huge. But I think there's a few things which need to fall into place for that.
"He has to get over his injury, of course, then we have to see who the new Tottenham head coach is going to be, what their transfer strategy will be, where do they finish in the league this season. All of those things might have an impact.
"So what I would say is we're incredibly grateful to Tottenham for letting us look after Olly for a year and we're incredibly grateful for him choosing to come here as well, because he had other options.
"I think it's been a perfect loan from all sides. I think all three parties can genuinely sit there and go that was the case, other than the injury at the end which you cannot do much about. If we can continue that relationship, that would be great.
"We're obviously very biased to think that this would be a great place for him to continue to develop within the Premier League. "But I'm sure we're not the only Premier League club who would want to take him now. We'll see what happens.”
