Clinton Njie is set to join Marseille on loan (Picture: Getty)

Tottenham Hotspur have rejected a late approach from Arsenal for forward Clinton Njie and have instead agreed to send the Cameroon international on loan to Marseille, according to reports in France.

The 22-year-old revealed earlier this year that he turned down the Gunners to move to White Hart Lane last summer in an £8.3million deal from Lyon.

However, the Cameroonian struggled during his first season under Mauricio Pochettino and he faces falling further behind in the pecking order with the imminent arrival of Georges-Kévin Nkoudou.

As a sweetener for that deal, Spurs have agreed to loan Njie to Marseille with an option to buy at the end of the season, but, according to L’Equipe, Arsenal made a late dash to sign the 22-year-old from under the noses of the Ligue 1 giants.




However, as well as being unwilling to deal with a direct rival, Njie is a tool in Spurs’ deal to sign Nkoudou and the winger will spend the next season in France.

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