Tottenham could be set for a busy week both on and off the pitch with their pre-season tour of Asia now underway. Thomas Frank has already overseen three friendlies in charge of Spurs and over the next 10 days will see his side take on Arsenal, Newcastle United and Bayern Munich overseas.
Three new signings have been completed this summer with Mathys Tel, Kota Takai and Mohammed Kudus joining. The hope would have been that Morgan Gibbs-White would also be on the plane heading to Hong Kong but he has instead signed a new contract at Nottingham Forest.
Alongside Gibbs-White, nine players contracted to Tottenham have remained in London with Dejan Kulusevski, Destiny Udogie and new signing Takai among the injured stars staying home.
Fitness problems are not the reason three academy stars have not travelled with Spurs writing in their pre-season tour announcement that "Mikey Moore, Alfie Devine and Dane Scarlett have been granted permission not to travel in order to explore potential opportunities for loan moves."
The former has significant interest from the Championship but The Telegraph's Matt Law has claimed Scottish Premiership side Rangers have emerged as the favourites to sign him on a temporary basis.
Devine and Scarlett meanwhile will likely stay in England with the latter spending last season on loan at Oxford United while Devine was at Belgian side Westerlo alongside Luka Vuskovic. Any permanent outgoings currently look unlikely with Bryan Gil and Manor Solomon, two players expected to depart, still recovering from injury.
Richarlison and Yves Bissouma meanwhile, have travelled to Asia despite Spurs being open to both leaving. Even if the latter stays, the Lilywhites are expected to sign a new defensive midfielder.
According to transfer guru Fabrizio Romano, Spurs have a genuine interest in Bayern Munich's Joao Palhinha with contact made to his camp but no formal proposal sent to the German champions. Despite only joining 12 months ago, the Portugal international is free to depart for as little as £25.8million (€30m)
With Palhinha having played in the Premier League before and Bayern open to an exit, it seems very likely that if Tottenham make an approach this week, it is a deal that could be wrapped up very quickly.
In terms of other moves that might go ahead, Spurs find themselves in what could be a very interesting set of transfer dominos. With Gianluigi Donnarumma yet to extend his contract at Paris Saint-Germain beyond 2026 - amid links to Manchester United - the European champions have made a move for Lille's Lucas Chevalier.