Preston North End have confirmed how much they have paid Tottenham Hotspur to land Alfie Devine on the back of his excellent loan spell at the club last season.Some outlets have claimed over recent weeks that Preston’s option to buy Devine from Tottenham was worth £4.5m.However, other sources have indicated that the Championship club have paid £6m to secure the services of the Spurs academy graduate, on the back of his breakout campaign at Deepdale.The attacking midfielder, who has had four different loan spells away from N17 over the last few years, will now finally have some continuity in his career, and Preston have now confirmed exactly how much the deal is worth.Photo by Ian Cook – CameraSport via Getty ImagesPreston reveal they have paid around £6m to sign Alfie Devine from TottenhamPreston have now revealed on their official website that Devine cost almost three times their previous record signing.That record belonged to Milutin Osmajic, who joined from Cadiz in a £2.1m deal back in the summer of 2023. This admission by Preston thus serves as confirmation that they have indeed paid £6m for the Tottenham Hotspur academy graduate.Additionally, The Daily Mail have revealed that Preston will pay the fee to Spurs in multiple instalments, and that Tottenham are owed 20 per cent of the profit from any future sale of Devine.Devine is delighted to start a new chapter in his careerThe attacking midfielder remains Tottenham’s youngest-ever goalscorer, a record he set in his debut for the club, aged just 16, back in 2021, in a FA Cup clash against Marine.Devine posted a heartfelt thank you message to Spurs, admitting that he will always cherish the six years he had in North London, but the attacking midfielder is also delighted to be back at a place where he felt at home last season.The 21-year-old said in his first interview as a Preston player: “From the end of last season going into the summer, it was always a priority in terms of where I wanted to be. It took its time, but I’m delighted it’s gone through.“From the first minute I came here until my last minute of last season, I absolutely loved it. The fans, staff, players, everyone around the place made me feel so welcome.”READ MORE: Tottenham deploy clever strategy to get higher bids for Lucas Bergvall this summerThe post English club confirm they just tripled their record fee to sign Tottenham starlet appeared first on Spurs Web.