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Thomas Frank is set to begin an overhaul of Tottenham ahead of the 2025/26 Premier League
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Tottenham are preparing for a major summer spending spree, with Champions League qualification and a new manager in the form of Thomas Frank creating the perfect conditions for an overhaul of the squad that finished 17th in the Premier League, so we enlisted a little AI help to outline where they should focus their efforts this transfer window.
We used asked Grok to predict Tottenham’s summer transfer window please (one can never be too polite to our future overlords) and it identified a centre-back, central midfielder, winger and striker as the key positions for Frank to target alongside general squad depth given Spurs’ injury issues last season.
Daniel Levy sanctioned an unusually generous net spend of £145.9m last season headlined by Dominic Solanke who returned 14 goals last season, less than half his output for Bournemouth the season prior.
This time around, Grok predicted a budget of around £200 million plus player sales for the transfer window, and with the AI getting rid of five players that pushed the total summer spend up to a potential £410m. How did they do it? Without further ado, let’s find out…
Viktor Gyokeres leads brand new all-star front three
Grok has gone big on attack in Frank’s first transfer window, predicting a brand spanking new £240m front line of Jamie Gittens, Viktor Gyokeres and Xavi Simons. It clearly doesn’t rate Dominic Solanke as it lists number nine as a main priority for Tottenham, and places Gyokeres at the top of the list, flanking him with the dynamite Gittens on the left and Simons out of position on the right.
Tasked with combining with James Maddison to unlock that sensational attack is Adam Wharton for £60m, with Grok citing his passing range and composure as the perfect recipe to get the most out of a forward line that produced 77 goals last year - 13 more than Tottenham totalled last Premier League campaign.
As back up to Wharton, or offering the option to change the game, or just because Grok felt like it, is Davide Frattesi who it believes Levy could secure for an optimistic £25m despite three years still remaining on the Italy international’s contract.
And it’s good news at the back for Spurs fans as they beat London rivals Chelsea and Arsenal to the in-demand Marc Geuhi. Grok would grossly overpay £80m for Guehi who is on offer for £50-£60m from Crystal Palace, but would sure things up at the back after Spurs conceded an astounding 65 Premier League goals last season - more than any other surviving team except Wolves.
Son Heung-min ends decade with Spurs
There’s something pretty dystopian about writing up AI’s plans on which humans to replace, though at least all of these players have been sold to other clubs in this prediction rather than plugged into a Matrix-style battery farm. Unfortunately we’re not sure free agents Fraser Forster, Sergio Reguilon and Alfie Whiteman will be so lucky.
Son Heung-min is the biggest name leaving North London unless ‘fan backlash’ forces Tottenham to reconsider (Grok clearly doesn’t know much about Levy’s sentimentality) with a move to Saudi Arabia mooted - the PIF would surely be the only ones to pay AI’s predicted £50m fee.
Grok also sent Richarlison to the Middle East for £40m citing his high wages, and believe Tottenham could look to cash in on Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg for £30m for Ben Davies for £10m with both players only having a year left on their contracts.
However, the biggest money spinner is set to be Cristian Romero after the World Cup winner criticised Tottenham’s board in December comparing their lack of spending to Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea’s investment and saying: "You have to realise that something is going wrong, hopefully, they [the board] realise it".
Grok believes Tottenham could fetch up to £80m for Romero from Atletico Madrid, though they also think they can sell Mathys Tel to Bayern Munich for £30m despite only having the Frenchman on loan from the Bavarians last season - a bold strategy for sure.
It’s important to note that Grok is making all of these transfers assuming Ange Postecoglou remains in charge at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. This means Elon Musk spent three or four billion dollars developing a system that’s less in tune with the Premier League than my granddad, but we don’t want to push the point in case it remembers when AI begins world domination.
AI-predicted 2025/26 Tottenham starting XI: Grok opted to stick with Postecoglou’s preferred 4-3-3 for its new-look starting side, and selected: Vicario; Danso, Guehi, Van de Ven, Udogie; Wharton, Bissouma, Maddison; Simons, Gyokeres, Gittens.