Middlesbrough boss Chris Wilder has accepted Djed Spence is leaving.t

The defender is expected to sign for Tottenham.

Wilder said: “I've got to say, I've taken myself away from it. It's not my job now, it's gone beyond me and it's not up to me to do the negotiating and agree a deal.

“That's with the club and the owner and the chief executive."

Spence helped Nottingham Forest earn Premier League promotion last season.