Ryan Sessegnon training with Premier League rival in bid to reignite career after Tottenham exit

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Ryan Sessegnon is training with Crystal Palace with a view to a signing a contract.

The left-sided player is currently without a club having left Tottenham at the end of his contract this summer.

Now 24, Sessegnon will be keen to reignite his career after a frustrating few years in north London.

Should a move come off, he'd like join as competition for Tyrick Mitchell at left wing-back.

Crystal Palace are looking for reinforcements with Michael Olise set to join Bayern Munich in a £60million deal.

After progressing through Fulham's youth academy, he was fast-tracked into the first team squad at the age of 16 where he took no time at all to show his quality.

Scoring seven goals in 31 games in his first season, Sessegnon scored 16 goals and offered eight assists to help Fulham to promotion in 2017/18 - all before his 18th birthday.

In that season he won Championship Player Of The Year, Young Player Of The Year and was also named in the Team Of The Year.

Sessegnon then scored twice and got six assists in his first-ever Premier League season, earning a move to Tottenham that was worth around £25million.

Playing primarily as a left winger for Fulham, Sessegnon found himself playing as a left wing-back for Spurs, struggling for form.

Most notably, it was a persistent run of hamstring injuries that stopped Sessegnon from showing his best self, making just 57 appearances in five years in north London.

He did, however, enjoy a decent loan spell with German side Hoffenheim in 2020/21 where he made 29 appearances, five of which came in the Europa League.

Sessegnon has also made 20 appearances for England under-21s, as well as playing a key role in helping the Young Lions to the European Under-19 Championship in 2017, as well as being named the tournament's Golden Boot winner.

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