We are now at the beginning of July and that should mean transfer activity at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium starts to ramp up. It has been a fairly quiet transfer window for the club so far this summer but Spurs have been active in the market.
Mathys Tel has joined Kevin Danso in making his loan move to the club permanent after the Lilywhites struck an agreement with Bayern Munich for the France Under-21 international. Tottenham are also on the verge of adding to their backline with the arrival of Japanese youngster Kota Takai from J1 League side Kawasaki Frontale in a £5million deal.
Tottenham have plenty to do in the transfer market as they look to bounce back from finishing 17th last season under Ange Postecoglou and fans want the squad to be upgraded with some big-name additions. Eberechi Eze is the player on the lips of everyone after another stellar season for Crystal Palace as they won the FA Cup.
Then there is Bryan Mbeumo of Brentford who has been linked with a move to Tottenham following Thomas Frank's move across the capital to become Spurs boss. However, it may be Manchester United where the Cameroon international ends up ahead of the new season.
At a time when Tottenham are rather quiet on the transfer front and there are barely any whispers of incoming players, clubs such as Liverpool, Manchester City and Chelsea have already splashed the cash. The Reds have spent upwards of £200million on deals for Jeremie Frimpong, Florian Wirtz, Milos Kerkez and Giorgi Mamardashvili as they look to keep their place at the summit of the Premier League table.
Manchester City have spent more than £100million on deals for Rayan Ait-Nouri, Rayan Cherki and Tijjani Reijnders, with Chelsea completing a deal for Liam Delap from Ipswich Town and they now look to add Joao Pedro to their numbers after agreeing on a deal with Brighton & Hove Albion for the Brazilian. Then there is Manchester United, who finished two places ahead of Spurs in the 2024/25 season, who have signed Matheus Cunha from Wolves for £62.5million and they may add to their attack with Mbeumo moving from Brentford for a similar fee.
There is no doubt a feeling amongst Tottenham fans that the club are standing still when those around them are making moves in the transfer market. That in turns means Spurs are already playing catch-up when it comes to improving their squad ahead of the Premier League opener against Burnley.
What needs to be remembered, though, is Tottenham have spent the first part of the summer making a decision over Postecoglou's future before finally dismissing him and replacing him at the helm with Frank. Had the Australian remained in place, Johan Lange and Spurs could have got straight down to transfer business but they ultimately felt they needed a change in the hotseat after finishing 17th last season despite going all the way and winning the Europa League.
Frank has not even had the opportunity to meet his Tottenham players yet as they are still away on their summer break. The Dane will be able to take a closer look at his squad over the coming days as the start of pre-season draws ever closer and that may lead to transfer decisions once he has had a thorough inspection of the players at his disposal.
Tottenham's managerial decision has certainly had an impact on transfer movement and the hope will be that they start to add to their squad very soon as they don't want to fall even further behind their rivals. However, on the subject of transfers for a new head coach, it does need to be pointed out that Guglielmo Vicario and James Maddison joined Tottenham in June 2023 before Postecoglou got the chance to work with his players on the training pitch for the very first time.
Frank did have a say in Tel's permanent Tottenham move, though, after giving the green light to the transfer. football.london reported last month that Frank was excited by the prospect of working with Tel, who he believes he can improve and the Dane studied the Frenchman himself and felt the move was a good one
Tottenham have already made a couple of moves in the transfer market but certainly not to the extent of some of their fellow Premier League teams. As we are now at the start of July, the north London club have to get moving in the transfer market to give Frank the best possible tools to get his new side challenging at the top of the table once again.