Tottenham Hotspur are under a microscope now from their own fans, as their royal botch of the Eberechi Eze transfer has threatened to derail their entire 2025/26 season under new manager Thomas Frank if they don't recover promptly.
Spurs went from nearly a guarantee to bag the best playmaker on the Premier League transfer market to watching him swiftly sign with Arsenal, becoming the latest midfielder to snub Spurs for their arch North London rivals.
Tottenham don't have many alternatives left, but they do need to sign another attacking midfielder, especially after James Maddison's severe knee injury. But aside from the playmaker role, Tottenham need more difference-makers elsewhere in the attack, including on the wings after watching club legend Son Heung-min walk into the sunset - and into Los Angeles.
Manchester CIty star Savinho has been right there with Eze as a must-sign target for Tottenham, and there have been fears from supporters that Daniel Levy isn't exactly serious about paying up for Savinho either. There's a sense that Spurs are waffling on Savinho, too, afraid to actually spend and do what it takes to convince an elite club to part ways with a talent who is pretty close to that elite level, too.
Tottenham are upping their offer for top target
But in a twist, Cane Mota of top Brazilian outlet Ge Globo Esporte reports that Tottenham have increased their transfer bid to 80 million euros, which is finally up to par with the asking price Manchester City have been setting for Savinho. Previously, Tottenham were consistently coming well short of that, thinking falsely that Man City would accept a measly 50 million euros for a top 21-year-old left-footed right winger they just signed last summer.
Ge Globo's latest information puts Tottenham squarely in position to sign Savinho when, just a few hours prior to their report, it looked like Tottenham were still nowhere near the valuation Manchester City had placed on the former Girona star.
Tottenham already signed a great ascending winger from the Premier League in West Ham's Mohammed Kudus, and he's been Spurs best game-changer through the first two matches against Burnley and even PSG.
Savinho with Richarlison and Kudus in the attack would be quite the explosive trident. Tottenham's offer of 80 million euros for Savinho would represent a serious step in the right direction and the appropriate response to flubbing the Eze deal badly and somehow losing even more goodwill with a fanbase that already knew to expect nothing from Spurs anyway.