Tottenham technical director Johan Lange has made admissions on the club's January transfer window and outlined plans for the summer. Despite huge injury problems, only Conor Gallagher and Brazilian left-back Souza joined with Lange explaining the reason for that and confirming transfer plans ahead of the 2026/27 season.
Speaking to Tottenham's official website, he said: "The summer market is where eight or nine out of 10 players, they move clubs, so we will go into the summer window with big ambitions of strengthening the team. We know there'll be more movements, we know there'll be more opportunities, so the plans are already, can you see, drawn up.
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"We have a clear picture of which position and also which profiles. Could we have brought one or two more in this January window? We would have been delighted to do so. but that was not a possibility. So, we are looking forward to the summer, now we focus on the rest of the season and that is very, very important as well because we have big objectives.
"We're still in the Champions League. We want to, of course, be higher in the Premier League and then myself and others will have our eyes already now directed towards the summer transfer window."
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Losing Richarlison, Pedro Porro and Lucas Bergvall to serious but not season-ending injuries highlighted the necessity for new signings.
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However, Lange has instead cited these issues to justify why no additional transfers were approved, pointing to Champions League registration regulations and compliance with profit and sustainability rules as further factors.
He added: "First, a lot of our injured players, they will return in this season here, hopefully a number of them quite shortly. There are also some limitations to how many players you can have in a squad to register them.
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"But even though that our financial situation under the rules are better than most clubs, and we have owners who are very willing to invest, it is important that we are under those rules.
"So, it is important that we sign the right players. I think also Thomas has been quite clear on two players we wanted to bring in, but it wasn't a lack of willingness for the club to make the investment to support the team."