Ange Postecoglou has confirmed that Mathys Tel will feature against Brighton this afternoon and has also elaborated on whether he expects the forward to stay at Tottenham beyond the end of the season.
The game against Brighton will be Tel’s final game as a loanee with Tottenham Hotspur, and it remains to be seen what the future holds for the Frenchman.
Reports over recent weeks have indicated that Tottenham do not plan on activating the £45m option to buy Tel and instead want to renegotiate a discounted deal with Bayern.
According to sources from Germany, Bayern are willing to renegotiate a deal with Spurs for Tel, with the Bavarians keen on getting the 20-year-old off their wage bill and freeing up funds for their own transfer pursuits.
Ange Postecoglou addresses Mathys Tel’s Tottenham future
Postecoglou has now revealed that he has not had a meeting with the Tottenham hierarchy regarding the France Under-21 international’s future.
However, the Tottenham boss remarked that he is pleased with how Tel has adapted to the demands of Premier League football, praising the forward for the valued part he has played since arriving in January.
When asked if Tottenham want to keep Tel at the club beyond the summer, Postecoglou responded (via Football.London): “I guess they’re the kind of discussions that we start to need to have. But again, without myself gatecrashing meetings, I need to be invited to them, but we’ll assess all those things.
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“Matty’s done really well for us. We put him in a real difficult position in that as a young player who hadn’t played a lot, probably wasn’t fit enough, we just threw him straight in but he’s handled it really well.
“I think he’s been a really important contributor for us and he’ll definitely play tomorrow at some point whether he starts or come off the bench. I’m sure those decisions we’ll kind of look into post-season.”
What Spurs have told Tel’s camp about his future
It was reported two weeks ago by TBR Football that Tottenham had informed Tel’s entourage that they want him to stay at the club beyond the end of the season.
The outlet claimed that the 20-year-old has settled well at the club and is enjoying his time in London. It was also revealed that the North Londoners are hoping to sign the forward for around £30m.