Every Tottenham player who faces an exit under Thomas Frank in the January transfer window
Thomas Frank’s Tottenham have been a confusing and inconsistent outfit through the first half of the season and a January reshuffle could be key to getting them in order.
Tottenham’s 1-0 win at Crystal Palace at the weekend was a welcome end to a chaotic 2025 and left the side 13th in the Premier League ahead of the New Year’s Day trip to Brentford, but just five points off Chelsea in fifth.
There was major upheaval in the summer with Frank replacing Europa League-winning manager Ange Postecoglou, the exit of club legend Son Heung-min, as well as significant recruitment headed by Xavi Simons, who has so far been underwhelming.
Now at the start of 2026, Tottenham News looks at who could be on the way out in the midseason market.
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Brennan Johnson
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Crystal Palace have already had a £35million bid accepted for Johnson, who has fallen out of favour under Frank, and Bournemouth were also expected to come in for him as a replacement for Antoine Semenyo.
The 24-year-old Welsh forward has four goals in 21 appearances across all competitions this term and only arrived from Nottingham Forest for close to £50m two-and-a-half seasons ago, but now is on his way.
Radu Dragusin
Radu Dragusin made his first appearance in nearly a year when he came off the bench late at Palace but the Romanian defender looks set to depart soon anyway now that he’s recovered from an ACL injury.
Dragusin has interest from Roma and potentially Fiorentina and appears to be available for a return to Serie A.
The 23-year-old only arrived mid-season two years ago and had been given a sustained run in the side as a starter under Postecoglou prior to his injury last term, but looks to have been left behind while unavailable for so long.
Guglielmo Vicario
One of the most significant departures of the month could be starting goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario with his position looking increasingly untenable long-term at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
The Italian has been the number one for the past two-and-a-half seasons and is about to reach three figures in appearances, but high-profile errors have plagued his game and were central to a fallout between Frank, the squad, and the fans after he gifted Harry Wilson a goal in the loss to Fulham.
Vicario has interest back in Italy and Marc-Andre ter Stegen has emerged as a possible replacement from Barcelona.
Richarlison
Injury to Dominic Solanke and inconsistency from Randal Kolo Muani has left Richarlison as the regular first choice up front this season.
He has responded by scoring eight times to lead the club’s scoring charts, including seven in the league, but the Brazilian seems to be endlessly unlucky – he had two more ruled out by tight VAR reviews for offside at Palace – and never truly manages to convince.
Spurs have been linked to further striker additions and the 28-year-old was linked with an exit in the summer. It has since emerged Richarlison’s agents met Orlando City representatives in October so a move to MLS is a possibility.
Yves Bissouma
After getting off on the wrong foot under Frank by being left out of the Super Cup squad for being late things haven’t really got better from there for Yves Bissouma.
The ex-Brighton midfielder is almost certainly on the way out sooner or later as his contract ticks down towards expiring in the summer, so an early exit for a fee would make a lot of sense all round.
Having been suspended last term and apologising after alleged use of nitrous oxide he appears to have fallen into the same trap again this term, with an injury picked up on international duty thrown in to boot, and hasn’t played at all under the current manager.
Tottenham are determined not to lose him for free and are willing to trigger their 12-month option in the summer, so a January move to avoid all that would seemingly be in everyone’s interest.
Manor Solomon
Israeli winger Manor Solomon is already out on loan at Villarreal but isn’t enjoying himself half as much as he did while a key player in Daniel Farke’s promotion campaign at Leeds last term.
An early termination of Solomon’s loan to send him back to Spurs has already been mooted after just just a handfull of brief appearances for the Yellow Submarine.
If he arrives back in North London this month Tottenham seem to have already shown that he doesn’t have a shot in the senior side so another exit, potentially permanently, and quite possibly back to Elland Road, would likely be on the cards.
Youngster departures could shock at Spurs in January
Mathys Tel
It was fairly surprising that Spurs made Mathys Tel‘s loan from Bayern Munich permanent for £30m in the summer, having already paid a loan fee, after a so-so time under Postecoglou last term.
The 20-year-old forward has only scored twice this season and when he does get on the pitch under Frank it tends to be off the bench late on, so with Roma eyeing a loan for Tel he could be on the move again soon.
Lucas Bergvall
It is unlikely that any of the potential departures above would cause a great deal of uproar amongst the fanbase if they go through, provided adequate replacements are available.
But one that surely would is a shock exit for teenage midfielder Lucas Bergvall, who has been surprisingly linked to a big-money Liverpool move.
The now-19-year-old made 45 appearances last term in his debut campaign in English football, and has been something of a regular under Frank, so the expectation is that Bergvall, along with Archie Gray, are two of the building blocks for the future.
But a change in the dug-out could derail his progress and if a £50m-plus bid from Anfield arrives a move couldn’t be ruled out, although it would surely be deeply unpopular.
Yang Min-hyeok
It’s not especially hard to see why Liverpool might want Bergvall but it is slightly harder to understand reported interest from Real Madrid in Yang Min-hyeok.
The South Korean teenager is currently on loan at Portsmouth after spending the second half of last season with QPR.
Yang has scored twice for either side in the Championship in the past year, from 14 appearances in each of his two half-campaigns in the second tier respectively, but the Spanish giants apparently want to add him to their development squad.
It would probably be too big an opportunity to turn down for the youngster, although it would be among the more unexpected Spurs-to-Madrid switches after stars like Gareth Bale and Luka Modric.