For the most part, Tottenham Hotspur have been focused on bringing in stars who can strengthen the squad for new manager Thomas Frank, contrary to the sell-to-buy rhetoric that was surrounding Spurs coming into the summer 2025 transfer window.
Already, Tottenham have pounced on West Ham star forward Mohammed Kudus as a big signing for the present and future to transform an attack lacking wide difference-makers, they sealed the permanent transfer of the equally exciting Mathys Tel from Bayern Munich, and they are set to nab proven Premier League starter Morgan Gibbs-White from Nottingham Forest next.
But Tottenham do indeed have to make sales, too, and there are going to be high-profile moves away from North London in order to balance the budget and potentially help Spurs afford better additions, such as a new No. 6.
According to The Telegraph's Matt Law, center midfielder Yves Bissouma is likely to be a "high-profile casualty" in this transfer window as Tottenham rebuild their team in the image of what Thomas Frank wants.
The sale everyone expects at Tottenham
Bissouma's name being floated as a likely sale is far from surprising, and many Tottenham fans have both expected this transfer and have welcomed it. Although Bissouma isn't a terrible player and stepped up enough to be a key part of the Europa League triumph in the absence of injured stars Lucas Bergvall and Dejan Kulusevski, it's obvious the 28-year-old doesn't have a long-term future at Tottenham.
In fact, his future in the Premier League or even in any of Europe's top five leagues, for that matter, is entirely debatable. If Tottenham can get a cool 20-30 million pounds out of Bissouma and parlay that into money they can use to sign, say, Adam Wharton or Joao Palhinha, most Spurs fans would gladly take that "trade".
Bissouma is hardly that big of a name anyway, and if there were big names Tottenham fans were afraid to lose this summer, then those fears have mostly been allayed. Spanish giants Atletico Madrid have largely backed out of the Cristian Romero transfer sweepstakes, while Son Heung-min appears likely to stay with Spurs for one more Champions League campaign before potentially bolting for a big-money deal in Turkey or Saudi Arabia.
Although Bissouma had his use as a backup engine player box-to-box, he didn't read the game well enough or have the technical quality as a passer to start every week at the level Tottenham need to reach and maintain top-five status in the Premier League.