Antonio Conte left during last season, Tottenham has completely sunk in recent months and finished in a sad eighth place, synonymous with non-qualification for Europe. A real failure for the Spurs who had finished in fourth place a year earlier and who had fought for a long time for the top 4 before really collapsing. Very quickly, the transfer window took a funny turn since the star of the London club Harry Kane was in the running for a departure one year from the end of his contract. If today the file is ongoing and Bayern Munich still intends to recruit him, Tottenham has worked in parallel to improve his team. Whether with or without Harry Kane.
Already the recruitment of a new coach was important for the formation of north London and it was the Greek-Australian Ange Postecoglou who arrived. Scottish champion with Celtic Glasgow, the latter landed with the desire to build a new cycle and this has already been seen in the transfer window. In terms of departures, players unsuited to his game plan such as Arnaut Danjuma (Villarreal) and Clément Lenglet (FC Barcelona) were not retained at the end of their loans while Pedro Porro (40 million euros ) and Dejan Kulusevski (30 million euros) saw their call options exercised. A first step in a summer that already presented itself as agitated.
Over €200m spent by Spurs
The 57-year-old technician was also able to recruit a goalkeeper to ensure the succession of Hugo Lloris. If the French is still at the club, the Italian Gugliemo Vicario (26) arrived from Empoli against a check for 20 million euros while he was one of the best goalkeepers in Serie A. last year. Added to this is a promise with Ashley Phillips (18) who arrives from Blackburn for €2.3m and an interesting move with Manor Solomon (23) who arrives free from Shakhtar Donetsk. The Israeli winger shone last year in a role of luxury joker with Fulham (4 goals in 19 Premier League matches). But the big blow of the Spurs transfer window is James Maddison (26) who despite the relegation of Leicester remains a major player in the Premier League (10 goals and 9 offerings in 30 league games last year). Tottenham spent more than 46 million euros to secure his services.
A nice regeneration of the workforce, but it’s not over. Bundesliga revelation last season with Wolfsburg, Micky van de Ven (22) will land to strengthen the central defense. A useful reinforcement for Tottenham who finished with the 15th defense in the Premier League last year with 63 goals conceded. To win his services, Tottenham will pay a high price since 50 million euros will be paid. More than 17 million euros (excluding bonuses) will also be spent on Argentinian striker Alejo Véliz (19) who arrives from Rosario Central.
According the Evening Standard, the two men will have their medical examination on Monday. Two new transfers that will push Tottenham’s summer spending above the 200 million euro mark (206 M€ exactly, editor’s note). Also in the footsteps of Edmond Tapsoba (24) from Bayer Leverkusen, Tottenham would have offered 45 million euros excluding bonuses, but Bayer Leverkusen is asking for more. Active in terms of arrivals, Tottenham offers a sacred reconstruction. With or without Harry Kane, the future looks interesting for Spurs.
