This summer, Mathys Tel will become a Spurs player on a permanent basis.
Having joined us initially on loan from the Bavarian giants in February, the Club has now made the move to arranged his permanent transfer to N17 after he showed great promise in his first four months.
Here's all you need to know about Mathys and his journey so far...
Born in Sarcelles, in Paris’ northern suburbs in 2005, Mathys played for a number of local clubs as a boy and earned entrance to the world-renowned Clairefontaine academy for young players in the Île-de-France region.
Joining the esteemed academy at Stade Rennias in 2020, he became the Brittany club’s youngest ever player on his debut in August, 2021. The following month, he featured off the bench as we visited Roazhon Park in a UEFA Europa Conference League fixture, a 2-2 group stage draw.
His first season of senior football culminated with captaining his country to glory at the UEFA Under-17 European Championships in the summer 2022. He scored three goals en route to Les Bleuets’ third title in the competition.
European football took notice of his dazzling displays and, that summer, Bayern made the move to take Mathys to Germany.
He needed little time to make his mark at Bayern, becoming the Bavarian club’s youngest-ever goalscorer in a DFB-Pokal win, breaking the record set by Jamal Musiala.
In a talented group of Bayern forwards, Mathys has stood out time and again in his time in Munich, including against Premier League opposition. He came off the bench to score the decisive goal in a September, 2023, win over Manchester United in the UEFA Champions League.
Capable of playing anywhere across the front line, Mathys shows willingness to take on his man and put his pace and balance to good use.
Joining us in February on an initial loan deal, the Frenchman made his debut for the Club at Anfield as he came of the bench in our Carabao Cup semi-final second leg clash with Liverpool.
The following week he scored his first goal as he struck with a late volley at Aston Villa in the FA Cup fourth round. He then made his Premier League debut and Tottenham Hotspur Stadium bow in the next week as we defeated Manchester United 1-0.
He scored his first goal in England's top flight from the penalty spot as we defeated Southampton 3-1 in April before scoring his second at Wolves a week later. He played in 13 of our final 14 league games of the game, starting 11 of them.
In Europe, he played in all bar two of our knockout games as we triumphed in the Europa League, lifting the trophy in Bilbao in May.