Tottenham Hotspur maintains a push for brand spanking new signatures and isn’t meaning to halt after sealing off the £52 million deal for RB Leipzig’s Xavi Simons.
Simons was introduced as Spurs’ newest summer time acquisition, following a “one-night” deal on Friday morning (Fabrizio Romano).
Tottenham confirmed summer time signature | price ticket |
|---|---|
Mohamed Kudus | £55 million |
Xavi Simons | £52 million |
loty | £5 million |
MATHYS TEL | £30 million |
Joan Parjinja | mortgage |
Kevin Danso | £21 million |
The 22-year-old, who scored 11 targets and eight assists in all competitions final season, will come to North London with a possible pouch regardless of struggling two months of injury to the ankle ligament.
Chelsea had been in talks to signal Simons for just a few weeks, however they even agreed to non-public phrases with the Dutch earlier than Tottenham rushed to signal the deal.
Simons can dazzle as a winger and playmaker within the center. Which means Tottenham can resolve to herald one other cam and convey out the Dutch individuals broadly.
This could possibly be one thing to be cautious of, and is considered within the centre-back market as Spurs needs to make one other superior signature earlier than the 7pm deadline on Friday.
Radu Dragusin ripped the ACL within the winter and ran in grass for a number of weeks, and is anticipated to return to coaching for the primary staff quickly, however it will likely be a very long time earlier than it is good match (Alasdair Gold).
Which means signing one other central defender is taken into account a key merchandise on Tottenham’s to-do listing as he approaches Monday’s cutoff, with Man Metropolis defender Manuel Akanji now rising as the highest goal.
Swiss Worldwide (30) has solely two years left on the contract, and Galatasaray already has a monetary cope with the town, however Akanji is taking the time to resolve on his subsequent transfer, and the Spurs may seduce him (Jack Guern).
Nevertheless, there’s additionally a troublesome competitors with AC Milan, who has verbally proposed to Pep Guardiola’s facet (Fabrizio Romano).
Tottenham presents to Manuel Akanji in Man Metropolis
Journalist Graeme Bailey stated Tottenham, who spoke to TBR Soccer, can also be in talks with Akanji, and the weekly defender is intrigued by the prospect of transferring to the N17.
Akanji additionally likes the thought of Sanshiro’s strikes, however Rossoneri faces a significant impediment to wages. Nevertheless, centre-back pay will not be a problem for Tottenham. Tottenham has a slim benefit within the lace for his signature.
“Akanji was capable of keep. He loves it within the metropolis, however he’s stated to be seduced by Milan and now Tottenham.
“His wages are an issue for Italian golf equipment. However they’re happy to fulfill the participant’s asking value, which is about £15 million. Now Tottenham is collaborating within the dialog and holding talks.
Former Borussia Dortmund Ace joined the town in 2022, which turned out to be one of many largest bargains of all time. This grew to become one in all Guardiola’s flagship defenders within the 2023 Treble-winning season.
He began at the least 23 Premier League video games in all his campaigns that had been within the Eastlands. If one in all Mickey Van Deben and Christian Romero succumb to the time period, his expertise is invaluable to Frank.
