After Tottenham beat Manchester City in the Premier League, former Chelsea winger Joe Cole has claimed they will withdraw from their interest in Savinho.
Spurs are looking for a marquee signing late in the transfer window but have been knocked back in their attempts to sign Eberechi Eze from Crystal Palace when Arsenal swooped in to steal his signature.
Savinho has emerged as a target for Thomas Frank’s side, although City are reluctant to lose the Brazilian. After missing out on Eze, however, Spurs may ramp up their pursuit of Savinho – who Pep Guardiola says is currently injured.
So there was a degree of irony in Tottenham’s impressive win at City on Saturday with Brennan Johnson and Joao Palhinha scoring, with good performances from Mohamed Kudus and Pape Sarr in attack.
Joe Cole delivers Savinho transfer verdict with a week to go in the transfer window
Tottenham will rightly earn praise from their dominant win at City, with early talk after the match suggesting that maybe they do not need a new attacker as much as they thought.
Speaking on TNT Sports, pundit Joe Cole even said that Spurs will walk away from their interest in Savinho such was the nature of their attacking performance at the Etihad Stadium.
“I can’t see there being much, much more happening. I think Daniel Levy is in a great position,” Cole said. “He hasn’t spent a lot of money, but he seems to have got two great results with the squad moving.
“After today, I think the Savinho deal is less likely. It could possibly happen, but it depends – because we don’t know what’s happening with Financial Fair Play.”
Joe Cole backs Tottenham to change approach in the transfer market
After seeing Tottenham score five goals without conceding in their opening two games of the season under Thomas Frank, Joe Cole suggested that they only need to look to the future if they decide to do business in the final week of the transfer window.
He said: “I don’t think he’ll go and get someone who’s already of age and ready to go. I think there’ll be a few young players coming in to bolster the squad.
“We also don’t know the needs of certain buying and selling clubs in terms of what they have to do. But as you can see there, Daniel Levy will be saying, “I’m pretty set with what I’ve got, maybe just one young player.”
Although Spurs lost captain Heung-min Son this summer, they have added Mohamed Kudus, while they made the loan signings of Mathys Tel and Kevin Danso permanent.