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Tottenham have been slow to move in the summer transfer market because they are still figuring out Ange Postecoglou's future at manager, and while that has been a source of frustration for most fans, there is no question that, after Postecoglou's future is figured out, Spurs are going to need to be heavy buyers in the window.

After finishing just 17th in the Premier League but still qualifying for the Champions League on the back of a clutch Europa League campaign and title triumph, Spurs are going to need all the reenforcements they can muster in the summer window in preparation for the Champions League campaign in 2025/26.

The biggest breakout star of the 2024/25 season, Bryan Mbeumo of Brentford has been linked to Spurs a number of times this year, but a recent report from The Athletic's chief insider David Ornstein has made it clear that Tottenham have already lost the race for Mbeumo with Manchester United heavily favored to sign Mbeumo due to the player's issues.

So, basically, Tottenham, who have done absolutely nothing to sign the hottest breakout star in the Premier League at a marquee attacking position, are going to get roundly beat in the transfer market by the team they beat in the Europa League Final for all the marbles.

Tottenham can't compete for the biggest stars on the transfer market

It says a lot about the Tottenham transfer strategy and how they consistently strike out on the biggest targets in the world due to sheer complacency. They let Desire Doue go last summer to PSG without doing anything about it, the same is already happening again this year with Lyon's Rayan Cherki, and Mbeumo is about to be another case.

So much of Tottenham missing out on Mbeumo goes back to Daniel Levy and wages. Everyone knows that Tottenham have the lowest revenue to wage ratio in the Premier League, meaning they spend the least amount of money on paying their own players compared to how much they could be paying.

That's basically why they aren't competitive for Mbeumo. The 25-year-old right winger scored 20 goals with 7 assists as one of the best all-around attacking players in the Premier League last season, leading Brentford to a much more successful season than Tottenham and lapping all the Spurs forwards in goal contributions.

With all the top revenue-generating clubs after Mbeumo, Tottenham would have to break their wage structure and pay Mbeumo more than the highest-earning players they currently have. Son Heung-min and James Maddison, their biggest stars, don't even break 10 million pounds, which is a number Mbeumo would easily exceed in a final offer from, say, Manchester United.

Until Tottenham alter what they are willing to pay for premium talents on the transfer market, they won't be able to attract the world's biggest stars and compete for titles bigger than the Europa League. Under Levy, a Europa League title may be the best it gets, which, under that scope, puts a different level of clout on what Ange Postecoglou just achieved in 2024/25 for Spurs.

Tottenham star center back Cristian Romero seemed to have one foot out the door just a month ago, as he publicly stated his interest in joining LaLiga with Atletico Madrid and Diego Simeone recruiting him hard shortly thereafter.

Now, Romero's future seems to point more towards remaining in North London after his heroics were vital in Spurs securing their first Europa League title in more than 40 years. Romero was the official best player of the tournament with his performances in the most vital matches, including the final against Manchester United, directly lifting Tottenham to glory.

Despite the renewed optimism that Spurs will be able to hold onto Romero, you never know what Daniel Levy will do, especially when it comes to retaining an important player who could be utilized as profit-making transfer capital on the open market.

If Romero were to want out or if Levy were to sell him for the big bucks, Tottenham have to keep a list of alternatives on the market in mind. And even if they do keep Romero for the 2025/26 Champions League season ahead, they could use some more depth at center back. Plus, someone like Radu Dragusin could always leave the club along with Ben Davies this summer, too.

Tottenham are watching another one of Serie A's best defenders

According to a report from CalcioNapoli24's Marco Lombardi and Bruno Galvan, Tottenham are interested in signing Napoli star center back Amir Rrahmani, one of the most underrated players in European football, if they were to lose Romero.

Rrahmani bounced back big-time in the 2024/25 season with new signing Alessandro Buongiorno next to him, forming a center back partnership that was arguably the best in Europe last season. Rrahmani secured the second Scudetto of his career while completing 91 percent of around 73 pass attempts per game with three assists. He was dribbled past just 0.2 times per game, averaging 4.7 clearances per match.

Those are elite numbers, including as a passer, for a center back. Yet despite Rrahmani's great season, he really doesn't make that much sense as a Romero replacement or as a target in general for Tottenham, because he's 31 years old.

Spurs could go for more experienced players this season if Postecoglou remains manager, since that's what he wants, and Rrahmani fits the bill. He's been to a Champions League quarterfinal with Napoli, too. But the thing is, Tottenham generally don't go for players above the age of 30, and they already have Kevin Danso and Micky van de Ven available at center back if Romero were to leave.

Then again, because Danso and Van de Ven are both young, perhaps going a different route with a Serie A veteran who is a proven man-marker and ball-playing center back against the best of the best would be the move to supplement a young core of defenders. Rrahmani is a good enough player to merit being on Tottenham's transfer radar, but chalk him up as an unlikely signing.

Tottenham Hotspur chairman Daniel Levy is easily the least popular member of the club among fans, and that's a sad fact that has not changed over the years, with increasing pressure from supporters mounting against the de factor leader of one of the Premier League's proudest clubs.

Spurs fans have another gripe with Levy this summer, because the chairman's plodding and inability to make a public decision or at least some sort of statement on the manager situation has significantly hamstrung the club.

Ange Postecoglou, weeks away from bringing the first Europa League in over 40 years to Tottenham, still remains in limbo with no real clarity on his job. Some of the best available managers on the open market have already been cleared off the board without a single approach from Tottenham, including Champions League finalist Simone Inzaghi, who will be joining Al-Hilal (of all teams).

Aside from taking top manager candidates off the table if they were to fire Postecogluo, Tottenham are hurting their club in a more profound, lasting way into the 2025/26 season and the upcoming Champions League campaign by waffling on a clear decision with Big Ange.

Tottenham are watching their competitors sign top targets

Tottenham are taking top transfer targets off the table for themselves because Levy is waiting this long. Rayan Cherki, an apparent dream target in the attack, is already closing in on a move to mighty Manchester City without so much as a fight from Tottenham, reminiscent of Spurs losing out on Desire Doue to PSG last year.

So many chips in the transfer market have already fallen. Chelsea have signed striker Liam Delap - another possible option at the 9 for Tottenham - while Manchester United landed one of the best players in the Premier League in Wolves playmaker Matheus Cunha. And then Manchester City are bringing in Tijjani Rejinders from AC Milan.

So the exact teams that Tottenham are competing with for Champions League slots in the Premier League next season are already shaking and baking with transformative moves for their respective squads, signing some of the most coveted talents in European football. And Tottenham are sitting on their hands with bupkis, leaving their fans scouring for crumbs on the transfer rumor mill with links to players like Rodrigo Muniz.

The sooner Levy gives Tottenham and the rest of the world of football real clarity, the better it will be for Spurs because it means they can get started with their own transfer business. And since this is a team that finished a historically poor 17th in the Premier League, Spurs had better believe they have a litany of needs to cover this summer in the midfield and attack.

If Spurs want the caliber of players who will actually help them go from 17th back to 5th, at the very least, then they need to get cracking now as opposed to in two more weeks when Levy finally wakes out of his self-induced coma.

So long as there is investment from the Saudi Arabian government into football, Tottenham Hotspur will continue to deal with questions about the future of Son Heung-min both this offseason and in future transfer windows. Although the 32-year-old is coming off his first piece of major silverware with Spurs to further vindicate his loyalty, his numbers steeply declined in the second half of the season.

For now, Son doesn't appear to be at any serious risk of leaving Tottenham - at least not this summer. You'd be hard-pressed to find a single Tottenham supporter who would want to see Son leave at any price. Even in a down season, the South Korean superstar scored seven goals with nine assists to lead the team in the latter category, and much of his statistical decline in 2024/25 can be ascribed to both a bad team and a nagging foot injury.

Still, the Saudi Arabian clubs are circling, and the transfer rumors are unremitting. The latest from The Telegraph's Sam Wallace purports that Son could still very well leave this summer in a fund-raising move for Tottenham.

Son's situation raises a philosophical question for Tottenham to answer. With only one year left on his contract, the summer 2025 window might be the only chance Spurs get to sell Son. And at 32 years of age, this may be Tottenham's only chance to sell Son for a notable fee, even to the Saudi Pro League.

Tottenham can't keep chasing short-term capital gains

So, then, is it better to sell Son now, earlier than anyone wants him to, and keep all the positive memories on a high with a Europa League title triumph? Or is it better to keep the captain and pillar of the team before the Champions League campaign and not alienate an increasingly exhausted fanbase even further?

The right answer to most people is to keep the human side in mind and keep Son, but Tottenham aren't really known for taking that kind of approach under Daniel Levy. Ever the ruthless businessman, Levy, almost always to a fault, has sought to maximize his team's capital gains whenever possible.

In this case, the maximization route would clearly point towards a Son transfer to Saudi Arabia. And the one thing that could keep that from happening for Levy is Son himself remaining loyal to Tottenham and wanting to compete at the highest level of football instead of trading his position for a few million extra bucks in Saudi.

Taking a broader view, how Tottenham approach the inevitable summer 2025 transfer offers for Captain Sonny will raise an even more important philosophical question for Spurs. And it is this: What kind of club do Tottenham Hotspur want to be in this era of football? A downtrodden financial farm masquerading as a big club that will callously turn its most beloved figure into spare change? Or a proud club willing to believe in players and build a culture of winning, foregoing a cheap profit that would ultimately be a drop in the bucket of an overall five-year revenue picture? The choice is one man's to make, rather unfortunately, and not up to the millions in the sea.

Although the main focus for Tottenham fans will be the players Spurs bring in this summer to fortify a squad that finished a lowly 17th in the Premier League this past season, there's a widespread understanding that even with Champions League football secured, Spurs are going to want to sell notable players to fund the incomings.

One of the most likely of those players is striker Richarlison, who arrived in July 2022 from Everton with high hopes and a hefty 58 million euro fee. He was entering the prime of his career as a Brazil national team player and the savior of one of England's most historic clubs, and yet now, three years later, he is an unmitigated transfer bust who can scarcely stay healthy for Tottenham.

Now 28, it's clear that Richarlison has the quality in him to make difference, but that may not be at Tottenham. Everton are interested in reuniting with the star forward, and that may be very well be the best solution for both Spurs and Richarlison.

Clearly, Tottenham are a united front in the locker room, but there's no doubt that some players in the building would benefit from Richarlison's exit with a clearer picture of minutes and squad importance. The most obvious is Dominic Solanke, who was last summer's big striker investment by Tottenham at 65 million pounds from Bournemouth.

Dominic Solanke can be better next season

Although calling Solanke's first season in North London a rousing success would be a bit dishonest since he was a high-priced No. 9 who bagged a meager nine league goals in an attack-friendly scheme, Solanke did enough in the big games in the Europa League and showed enough all-around quality to be more than a failure in his first season with Spurs.

Solanke can do a lot more for Tottenham in year two, and there's optimism in that regard. Postecoglou has been high on Solanke, and the combination of the Australian coach staying and the Brazilian forward leaving would indeed be very good for the 27-year-old English 9.

Left winger Mathys Tel would, likewise, be quietly rooting for a Richarlison sale to Everton. The 20-year-old forward has world-class potential but isn't yet a guaranteed Tottenham player, as Spurs and Bayern are still working on the final fee for a permanent transfer. Tel could still end up joining Tottenham on another one-year loan deal, too.

The Frenchman's future should be in Tottenham regardless of what happens with Richarlison, but since Richarlison can return a big fee and plays as a left winger as well as a striker, his exit would undoubtedly build a stronger case for Daniel Levy to pay pretty much any price to bring Tel in as the new left winger to rotate with veteran Son Heung-min for minutes.

Finally, another youngster would stand to benefit from Richarlison being cleared out of the picture, and that is another 2024 summer signing in Frenchman Wilson Odobert. The 20-year-old didn't feature much in 2024/25 but did look good when on the pitch, and while he plays more on the right side than the left, he's another potential option on the left and would stand to increase his squad importance on the wings if Richarlison were to be sold to the Merseyside.

Tottenham will 100 percent sign a midifelder this summer if they even remotely know what's good for them, because even the supremely stingy Daniel Levy knows he can't afford to go into the Champions League - one season after finishing 17th in the Premier League - with a barren midfield behind No. 10 James Maddison.

Even though defensive midfielders and deep-lying playmakers should be the name of the game for Spurs in the summer mercato, especially if they part ways with Yves Bissouma before the final year of his contract, Tottenham are currently looking after more playmakers.

One of the most frequently mentioned options is Premier League star Eberechi Eze, fresh off another fine season with Crystal Palace in which he was the key catalyst to the London-based club winning an unlikely FA Cup over Manchester City.

Eze had a more difficult time this season without newly minted Bayern Munich superstar Michael Olise by his side, but the England international still put up some excellent numbers for the Eagles. He scored 8 goals with 8 assists in the Premier League averaging 1.7 key passes and 2.0 dribbles completed per game.

Eberechi Eze won't come cheap for Tottenham

Entering the prime of his career at 26, Eze is a multi-faceted attacking weapon who can progress play, playmake, take defenders on, and score goals from inside the box or range. He is useful defensively, too, so he has all the traits that would make him an even better fit for Ange Postecoglou's system than Maddison, likely subbing Maddison to the bench if he were signed by Tottenham.

Eze wouldn't be cheap either. He's proven, English, well-rounded, and very important to Palace, who will now be headed to the Europa League. Eze has a release clause of around 68 million pounds, and Palace can demand exactly that fee from any club interested in him, including Tottenham.

Signing Eze at the fee is rich, but Eze wouldn't necessarily be a bad purchase because of that fee. He's a good footballer. The issue, beyond the lack of resale value at 26, is where Tottenham would play him, because the biggest mistake Spurs could make with signing Eze has less to do with finances and more to do with football (and a little bit about money).

Daniel Levy is stingy. Everyone knows it. Anyone accustomed to following Tottenham at least somewhat knows that Levy is going to take the path of least financial resistance, and if he were to take a 60-70 million pound plunge on an attacking midfielder, then the worry next becomes that he'll find some other way to cut corners in the strength of the squad to pinch a penny to mitigate the big investment.

That better not be the case with Eze, because Tottenham can't afford to sign Eze as their only major midfield reenforcement for the 2025/26 season. Spurs can't sign Eze, spend a whole bunch of money on him, and then shoehorn him in as a No. 8 behind Maddison, thinking that they've solved their midfield problem by effectively replacing Bissouma for Eze with a group of Archie Gray, Lucas Bergvall, Rodrigo Bentancur, and Eze rotating behind Maddison (or Eze himself).

If Tottenham sign Eze, then they still have to sign a high-quality, deep-lying midfielder. Postecoglou is looking more and more likely to stay on as Spurs manager in 2025/26, and if he does, Spurs have to play around his biggest tactical weakness which is that vast gap between the midfield and defense.

Eze isn't the solution there, and while he has the athleticism and ball-winning and progression to play as an 8 in the right matchup, he's definitely not a 6 or a pure 8 - or the kind of 6 or 8 Tottenham need to actually compete with the big boys in the Premier League again.

Tottenham Hotspur are notoriously stingy on the transfer market because of chairman Daniel Levy, which is a big reason why Spurs supporters are still ardently pushing for the club's de facto leader to be pushed out the exit door.

Because of Levy, Spurs are expected to fill many of their slots for experienced players on free agents, and the club already seems to be closing in on a deal for Lille free agent midfielder Angel Gomes. But they've also been linked to a more expensive free agent target in winger Leroy Sane, who continues to squabble with Bayern Munich on a contract.

Sane seems more out than in at this point, and while that's a story we've seen so many times with Bayern stars only for them to re-sign in the end, Pini Zahavi has led a star out of Bavaria on more than one occasion.

Due to his close relationship with Levy, there's been increasing speculation that Sane could be a big-name free agent headed to Tottenham, and some reporting pinpointed to there being mutual interest between Spurs and Sane.

Leroy Sane is more likely to go to Arsenal than Tottenham

That no longer appears to be the case. According to the latest transfer update from BILD's Tobias Altschaffl, who has been all over this story in Germany, Sane isn't interested in going to Spurs. As relayed by iMiaSanMia, Sane is actually eyeing a different London-based outfit in bitter rivals Arsenal, but his most likely landing spots appear to be Galatasaray or Saudi Arabia with the winger reportedly in close talks with the Turkish giants.

All of that is to say that Sane prefers to stay with Bayern but isn't accepting a deal due to the financial terms of the offer from the Bundesliga powerhouse. Sane wants more money and could re-sign with Bayern if he doesn't get the contract he's looking for.

While on the surface and maybe to a casual fan Sane's lack of interest in Tottenham could be seen as a blow, it's honestly the best news Spurs fans could get in this case. In no way does Sane make any sense for Tottenham, and if signing him were to indeed come at the expense of keeping Mathys Tel either permanently or on another one-year loan spell, then it's all the better that Tottenham aren't signing him.

If anything, this may sound cynical, but it wouldn't be all that surprising if Zahavi and Levy were floating this idea around in the papers as a favor to the agent in order to get that last bit of cash out of Bayern this summer. We've seen Serge Gnabry and Alphonso Davies do similar with Real Madrid, because, in Sane's case, clubs like Barcelona and Real Madrid obviously aren't going to be interested in a declining 29-year-old winger who is clearly a backup player for Bayern.

Sane is a good footballer, but he isn't great, and the only team concretely interested in him in England is Arsenal, even if previous reporting out of Germany was mentioning Tottenham as that team. Only Arsenal, because of Mikel Arteta's relationship with Sane at Manchester City, would be interested in the German international as a free agent backup to Bukayo Saka and nothing more.

In the Tottenham case, nobody seriously thinks that Spurs are going to pay Sane's wages and Zahavi's hefty commission. Tottenham don't pay players high wages, as Levy looks to do everything to avoid that. Sane to Tottenham clearly isn't happening now, and it's better for Spurs that it doesn't.

Tottenham Hotspur have been slow on the transfer market this year, especially relative to clubs like Manchester United and Manchester City in the Premier League, because they still have to figure out if Ange Postecoglou is going to be their manager next season.

While Daniel Levy continues to drag his feet through the sand on this latest big decision, Tottenham are actually working in the background on depth-level signings to cheaply fortify their squad. You know, the kinds of low-hanging fruit moves that will be generally inoffensive to any manager of the club, whether that ends up being Postecoglou or somebody else.

Lille free agent Angel Gomes has been one the Tottenham radar, and everything that's been reported over the last few weeks indicates that Spurs are serious about competing with the likes of Manchester United and West Ham to sign the English midfielder.

Now, GiveMeSport's Ben Jacobs is reporting that Tottenham are "confident" they will sign Gomes after recently submitting a new contract offer to the player's reprsentation. Because Gomes is a free agent, Tottenham can get this deal done quicker and more easily without organizational infrastructure involved, since they don't have to negotiate with Lille.

Tottenham need Champions League experience

Of course, free agents are really only "free" in name these days. Bonuses and extraneous fees have gone up with Boseman transfers over the last couple of years, as more players and agents, such as Gomes's Lille teammate and likely Tottenham target Jonathan David, are eyeing running down their contracts before cashing in as free agents.

With Tottenham set to return to the Champions League next season, a player like Gomes is attractive to Levy because he is free, English, and has Champions League experience. Although didn't have a particularly good 2024/25 season with just 10 starts, the 24-year-old did have eight assists and 1.5 key passes per game the year before as one of the top creative midfielders in Ligue 1.

Tottenham don't need a creative attacking midfielder as much as a deep-lying one with James Maddison at the 10 and better targets like Eberechi Eze and Xavi Simons on their radar, but it seems like Tottenham like the price and fit of Gomes as a depth option.

Gomes isn't a sure-fire choice, but if the transfer tea leaves are to be believed, Spurs are pretty close to signing him and are the frontrunners. They want him, other clubs seem to be focused on other targets, and he should be easy enough to sign. Tottenham can't come out of the 2025 summer market with Gomes as their only midfield signing, but he isn't the worst start to the window as a supplemental option.

Tottenham Hotspur still have to make a decision on manager Ange Postecoglou, and even though it's been weeks since the Australian coach captured a historic Europa League title for Spurs, chairman Daniel Levy continues to leave both the big man and the entire Tottenham fanbase and organization in the dark.

Levy dragging on an important decision is nothing new, but it doesn't make the situation any less frustrating. If there's one silver lining for the Spurs fans who back Big Ange after he brought them a prestigious trophy this season, then it's the reality that the longer Levy waits, the more likely it is for Postecoglou to stay, especially with top options like Simone Inzaghi getting closer to their own decision points.

Postecoglou has more support in the Tottenham dressing room than anywhere else, and that could be enough to save his job at the end of the day. Star center back Cristian Romero, the actual best player at the Europa League tournament, is such a big backer of Big Ange's that, apparently, he is more willing to stay with Spurs this summer if they keep they coach.

Key midfielders James Maddison, Archie Gray, and Lucas Bergvall all gave Postecoglou a ringing, public endorsement, and now another vital player to Spurs success has thrown his full support behind the manager.

Ange Postecoglou's future outlook is more positive

Right back Pedro Porro was the team's most consistent star throughout the 2024/25 season, and the Portuguese international told The Guardian's Sid Lowe in an interview that Tottenham should stick with Postecoglou: “Him continuing would be good for the dressing room. He has built a very good group and coaches also need time. In the league things didn’t go well but he makes you win a trophy. That’s important too.”

It seems almost unanimous from the dressing room that Postecoglou should stay, and whlie you could argue on two fronts 1) That the players shouldn't make the ultimate decisions and 2) That detractors are far less likely to give public statements than supporters, the future looks brighter for Big Ange after comments like this one from Porro.

There's also the matter that some of Spurs most important players are backing Postecoglou. Romero, Maddison, Bergvall, and Porro are arguably the four best players at Tottenham for the next five years, and all of them want to continue working with Postecoglou.

So even if backing from players only goes so far, comments like these from a player like Porro should go further than the typical public, supportive comments of a player to a manager. These guys all seem to think Postecoglou is an asset who deserves another chance and full marks for winning the Europa League, regardless of the results in the Premier League. And as Levy continues to drag his feet on some sort of an official stance, Postecoglou's future looks more likely in North London.

Tottenham Hotspur captured the Europa League title in 2024/25 to cap off a historically awful Premier League season with a historically meaningful campaign overall. Spurs had not won a major European title in over 40 years, and while the win hasn't settled Ange Postecoglou's future, it has given him a chance to continue what he is building in North London.

Regardless of who manages Tottenham in 2025/26, Spurs are going to need much better players in order to finish better than 17th in the Premier League and actually compete in their return to the Champions League.

Here are the five biggest dream signings Spurs need to consider signing this summer.

Crystal Palace CB Marc Guehi

Although Tottenham don't need a center back if Cristian Romero stays, which is actually a distinct possibility if Postecoglou is retained, the opportunity to sign Marc Guehi from FA Cup champions Crystal Palace is too tantalizing of a prospect for Spurs to pass up on.

Tottenham tried to sign Guehi in the summer 2024 transfer window with an ambitious 70 million pound bid to the Eagles, who ended up roundly rejecting all overtures from Spurs and Newcastle. But with just one year left on his contract entering the 2025/26 season, Guehi is ripe to switch allegiances at a rate significantly lower than 70 million.

Guehi is one of the best center backs in the Premier League and still young at 24 years old. He can mark all of the best strikers in the Premier League and would offer Spurs a world-class center back with a much different profile to either Romero or Micky van de Ven.

Lyon RW Rayan Cherki

While Rayan Cherki appears close to a move to Manchester City, Tottenham could always change the transfer narrative of a young gem set to be one of the biggest bargains of the 2025 market by showing considerably more interest in the Lyon star and ramping up their pursuit of him.

Cherki has been tabbed for greatness for years, with clubs as mighty as Real Madrid monitoring him closely as the next big thing. Now, Cherki is a key starter for Lyon and has graduated into becoming the new face of the team, proving his meddle in the big games with 12 goals and 19 assists last season between the Europa League and Ligue 1.

The 21-year-old has a sweet left foot and can start for Tottenham as either an attacking midfielder in rotation with James Maddison or as an inverted playmaker on the right wing in rotation with Dejan Kulusevski (and Brennan Johnson).

Brentford RW Bryan Mbeumo

A more explosive winger profile and less of a playmaker, Bryan Mbeumo has proven himself at the Premier League level with Brentford, who had a much more successful 2024/25 campaign within the Premier League itself than Spurs.

While Mbeumo seems to favor a move to Europa League losers Manchester United over the others like Spurs, that doesn't mean Tottenham have no chance at convincing arguably the biggest breakout star of the 2024/25 Premier League season to join them.

The heir to Son Heung-min doesn't have to be a left winger, and while Spurs do have more of a need on the left side than on the right with options like Dejan Kulusevski and Brennan Johnson there, Tottenham could resolve both wings long-term with a one-two punch of Mbeumo and Mathys Tel.

Mbeumo's production is difficult to deny. The 25-year-old Cameroonian international scored a whopping 20 goals and 7 assists from the wing at Brentford with 1.8 key passes and 2.6 combined dribbles completed and fouls drawn per game. He looks like the real deal.

RB Leipzig AM Xavi Simons

Crystal Palace star Eberechi Eze is a popular transfer target for Tottenham in the rumor mill - and for good reason. He's an excellent player and one of the best attacking midfielders in the Premier League, having just led the Eagles to a major trophy without the help of current Bayern Munich star Michael Olise.

But Tottenham should actually be looking for a different option in the attacking midfield. RB Leipzig star Xavi Simons is both younger and better than Eze, and there's every chance that Spurs could sign the Dutchman for cheaper.

Simons is 22 and the perfect modern-day 10, especially for how aggressively Postecoglou likes to play in transitions and win the ball up the pitch. The Barcelona academy product has registered a combined 18 goals and 18 assists in his first two Bundesliga seasons, providing more than adequate progression, creativity, and defensive work. He could be Spurs best player if signed.

Eintracht Frankfurt ST Hugo Ekitike

Finally, even though Tottenham spent more than 120 million pounds combined on Richarlison and Dominic Solanke at striker over the past couple of years, they haven't been getting anywhere near the production matching those fees.

Solanke showed enough in the big Europa League matches and has the all-around skill-set deserving of a second season to prove he can be the guy for Spurs, but Richarlison is likely to leave this summer, preferably back to Everton.

Hugo Ekitike would be a dream get at striker for Tottenham, as he would be a younger, more explosive, and more clinical alternative to the steady well-rounded veteran presence of Solanke, who is more physically imposing.

The only true thorn in the side of Spurs during the Europa League knockout stages this season, Ekitike surely impressed Tottenham scouts head-to-head with his performances. The lithe and agile Ekitike is an underrated creator and dribbler with his speed and quickness, and there's no questioning his ability to find the back of the net after putting home 15 last season.