Fair to say, a busy summer awaits for Tottenham Hotspur.
Spurs are currently down in 17th place in the Premier League table, thereby on course for their lowest finish since being relegated in 1977, suffering a 20th league defeat of the season at Villa Park on Friday night.
Of course, Ange Postecoglou team could capture the club's first silverware in 17 years and secure a spot in next season's Champions League with victory over Manchester United in Wednesday's Europa League Final at San Mamés; what a key game that'll be for both.
Regardless of the outcome in Bilbao, supporters will demand a busy summer window from Daniel Levy, so are Spurs favourites to sign a highly-rated Ligue 1 star?
Djed Spence's up and down Spurs career
Djed Spence joined Tottenham from Middlesbrough for a reported fee of £12.5m, that could rise to £20m, in 2022, but fair to say he did not make an immediate impact.
Then-manager Antonio Conte described him as a "club signing", which Spence himself admitted this "shattered my confidence", shipped out on loan to Stade Rennais, Leeds United, and then Genoa.
It took 881 days for Spence to make his Premier League debut for Tottenham, this coming against Southampton in December, before quickly establishing himself as a key figure, with Postecoglou praising his performances as "outstanding".
Nevertheless, he is no longer in Postecoglou's first-choice lineup, not starting any of the four Europa League quarter-final or semi-final ties, so could Spurs target a Spence upgrade?
Spurs could sign Spence upgrade
According to a recent report by Danny Rust and Dean Jones of Give Me Sport, Tottenham are 'at the front of the queue' to sign Monaco defender Vanderson, who is valued at £30m.
The 23-year-old joined les Monégasques from Grêmio for a reported fee of around £9m in January 2022, instantaneously establishing himself as a first-team regular, making 124 appearances for the club to date.
Writer Moby Haque labels him as "versatile", while Luke Entwistle from Get French Football News describes the Brazilian as 'well-balanced' and 'very competent', impressed by his 'positioning, intense pressing and strong tackling'.
Meantime, Chris Beaumont from Total Football Analysis believes he is a high-quality youngster, and Tom Beattie of Yahoo Sports says Vanderson is 'characterised by his strong defensive prowess', so let's see how he compares to Spence.
As the table outlines, Vanderson's statistics are almost unanimously more impressive than Spence's, both in terms of creating chances and defending; his ball recovery number specifically stands out, ranked 18th in Ligue 1 and 33rd in this season's Champions League for this metric.
Thus, Vanderson would surely be an excellent addition for Spurs, although they may require a victory over Man United on Wednesday to attract him to North London.