Forgotten Tottenham wonderkid who outscored Harry Kane now slugging it out in Sunday League after snubbing pro contract
REO GRIFFITHS now plays for a Sunday League club just six years after rejecting a professional contract at Tottenham.
The 23-year-old was tipped to be a star of the future after impressing in youth-team football.
Reo Griffiths declined a pro contract at Tottenham and is now with a Sunday League clubGetty Images – Getty
Griffiths scored 33 goals in a season for Spurs‘ Under-18 side, including four against bitter rivals Arsenal.
His tally was almost twice as many as Harry Kane managed at the same level.
It led to the Premier League club offering him a professional deal – but he snubbed the contract.
Several European giants were interested with Barcelona, Real Madrid, PSG and RB Leipzig all wanting to snap up the wonderkid.
But Griffiths eventually ended up signing for Lyon in 2018.
The forgotten prodigy born in North London never made a senior appearance for the club but netted 13 goals in 34 games for their second team in the French equivalent of League Two.
In 2022, Griffiths returned to England as he agreed to join Doncaster.
But he scored just two goals in 21 matches and his contract was mutually terminated two months ago.
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The ex-England Under-17 forward is now playing for Critics FC to maintain fitness as he hopes to find a pro club soon.
He has scored four goals in three games in the Essex Corinthian League.
The division describe themselves as a “local Sunday morning football league covering the boroughs of Havering, Epping Forest, Barking, Dagenham, Newham, Redbridge, Harlow and Waltham Forest.”
