VfL Wolfsburg have signed 17-year-old Belgian attacking midfielder Ismail Azzaoui from Tottenham Hotspur's youth side on Monday as they begin the process of replacing Kevin De Bruyne.

Azzaoui has represented Belgium up to under-17 level, but never played in the Premier League for Spurs and Wolfsburg completed the deal, reported to be around one million euros, less than 24 after selling De Bruyne to Manchester City.

Azzaoui has made 26 appearances for Belgium's junior sides and scored eight goals.

"We've been following Azzaoui's progress for a long time now," said Wolfsburg's director of sport Klaus Allofs on the club's website.

"He's a young player who has the potential to break into our first team in the near future.

"We will get a more precise and complete picture of his current performance level over the next few weeks and will then decide which of our teams he will start playing in."