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Mykhailo Mudryk and Tosin Adarabioyo have both been given permission to undergo their medicals at Tottenham ahead of their deadline day transfers.

Spurs have already signed Andy Robertson (free, Liverpool), Marcos Senesi (free, Bournemouth), Jan Paul van Hecke (£52m, Brighton), Martin Dubravka (free, Burnley), Mateus Fernandes (£85m, West Ham), Sandro Tonali (£92.5m, Newcastle United), Savinho (£75m, Manchester City) and Omar Marmoush (loan, Manchester City) so far this summer.

Tottenham could now sign at least two more players before the deadline with another winger their top target before the transfer window shuts on Tuesday.

Liverpool’s Cody Gakpo had emerged as their top target in that position, although Manchester City had taken the lead in the transfer race, but Fabrizio Romano revealed on Monday evening that the Reds had decided to keep the Netherlands international at the club.

Romano wrote on X: ‘OFFICIAL: Liverpool have decided to keep Cody Gakpo at the club as they can’t find a replacement. £85m bid from Manchester City rejected as Gakpo has accepted to stay, ready to continue at #LFC . Manchester City now focused on Ndiaye and Enzo Fernández.’

Tottenham quickly switched target to Iliman Ndiaye but that deal was also hijacked by Manchester City and Spurs will now sign Chelsea winger Mudryk.

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Giving his ‘here we go’ confirmation to a deal on Monday evening, Romano insisted everything had been agreed between all parties.

Romano posted on X: ‘BREAKING: Mykhaylo Mudryk to Tottenham, here we go! Everything agreed also on personal terms. Mudryk joins #THFC on paid loan and also understand there will be a 𝐛𝐮𝐲 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 not mandatory in the agreement. The Ukrainian will re-join De Zerbi.’

Before he gave his second ‘here we go’ of the day to Tottenham from Chelsea, Romano added: ‘Tosin Adarabioyo to Tottenham, here we go! Deal agreed also on personal terms. Understand #CFC receive £7m fixed fee plus add-ons for the defender who’s joining Spurs project. The story revealed in the morning, confirmed.’

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And on Tuesday morning Jacobs revealed both Chelsea players have been given permission to travel to Tottenham to complete their medicals, while he revealed the amount Spurs would have to pay to make the Mudryk deal permanent.

The reliable journalist posted on X: ‘Mykhailo Mudryk and Tosin both have permission to undergo their Spurs medicals. Mudryk set to join on a loan with £75m buy option. Tosin a permanent deal worth £7m plus add-ons.’

Fabrizio Romano has confirmed that Tottenham Hotspur have reach a ‘verbal agreement’ with Chelsea over the signings of Mykhaylo Mudryk and Tosin Adarabioyo.

Spurs have been incredibly active in this summer’s transfer window, having invested over £300m on a major squad overhaul.

Omar Marmoush, Savio, Sandro Tonali, Matheus Fernandes and Jan Paul van Hecke are among Tottenham’s most notable signings, but they have remained in the market for further additions after losing their first two Premier League games of the 2026/27 campaign.

The north London side have missed out on Manchester City-bound Iliman Ndiaye, but they have turned to Chelsea for more recruits.

On Monday evening, Tottenham’s interest in signing Mudryk was revealed following his return from a betting ban, and he has chosen them over several Premier League sides.

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A proposed loan move for Mudryk has progressed quickly, and this deal means Spurs will sign Tosin permanently after initially discussing a loan deal, with rules permitting two temporary intra-Premier League transfers.

And Tottenham achieved a breakthrough for both deals on Monday night, with respected reporter David Ornstein first reporting that Tosin to Chelsea has been ‘agreed’.

Tottenham close in on double Chelsea raid

Ornstein said on X: ‘Tottenham Hotspur reach agreement with Chelsea to sign Tosin Adarabioyo.

‘Permanent move from #CFC; personal terms done + permission granted to take #THFC medical. Mykhailo Mudryk loan agreed between clubs – personals still need finalising.’

Soon after, Romano confirmed that Mudryk’s move to Tottenham has also been ‘agreed’.

Romano said on X: ‘Mykahylo Mudryk and Tosin deals to Tottenham from Chelsea are both verbally agreed in principle.

‘Tosin on permanent deal, Mudryk on loan.

‘Both deals still require agreements on the personal terms — #THFC on it.’

BBC reporter Nizaar Kinsella has reported that Tosin’s move to Tottenham means Kevin Danso will join Sunderland on loan, while Romano has also reported that goalkeeper Robert Sanchez is leaving Chelsea to join Como after the arrival of Emiliano Martinez.

Romano said: ‘EXCLUSIVE: Como reach verbal agreement over loan deal to sign Robert Sánchez, here we go!

‘Como and #CFC agree on loan terms as the Spanish goalkeeper replaces Tornqvist who’s joining Monza in Serie A.

‘New chapter for Sánchez after Dibu joined Chelsea.’

Oh, Spurs. They’re not the first club to find out that spending big money isn’t a magic solution to everything and they won’t be the last, but they are, as Spurs’ doings generally are, among the funniest.

It is obviously far too early to judge Roberto De Zerbi’s 2026/27 Tottenham team, even though we are going to do a little bit of that. There still remains the very real and plausible hope that the first two games of this season are just as misleading and incomplete an evidence source as the first two games of last season, in which Thomas Frank’s side picked up six points and two clean sheets including their customary if still inexplicable win at the Etihad before proving to be actually, quite ferociously and offensively sh*t.

But it does still seem likelier that Spurs are just still, well, a little bit Spurs. And very possibly still ferociously and offensively sh*t.

We know it takes time for De Zerbi’s methods to be imprinted on a new squad – it’s why he didn’t even really attempt to do so in those desperate needs-must fraught final weeks of last season. And these are new ideas for what is also pretty much a new squad, one in which a host of familiar Premier League faces have been thrown together to see what happens.

Spurs have made eight first-team signings this summer, all of them from within the Premier League. Iliman Ndiaye may well soon be the ninth. They have compiled not so much a Premier League All-Stars team as a Premier League Quite Good, Him team.

That’s not meant to sound as facetious as it does. They’ve signed a lot of very good players who we all know can play Premier League football very well indeed. It could absolutely be enough for them to have a very good season when everything eventually comes together.

But Saturday’s defeat to Newcastle has dealt a far more serious blow to that theory than the opening-day defeat to Brentford.

The performance against Brentford was horrific all over the pitch. There was not one positive to take from any element of Tottenham’s effort that day. Which, in a roundabout way, became the positive to take from that effort.

It was just so staggeringly bad in every way that it could almost be written off. Teething troubles so extreme as to have no relevance for what might be to come. Not even Spurs could or would be this bad on any kind of consistent basis.

Newcastle was different. Spurs did indeed play much better. But the outcome was the same because while this might be a new manager with new ideas and a new squad this is still apparently old Spurs. And that’s going to be far, far harder to change than any on-field shortcoming.

Even in the (relative) good times, Spurs have carried with them a fragility. They have never ever been able to shake that label and with good reason. Even when they scored more goals and conceded fewer than everyone else in the league they finished a distant second and were largely ridiculed for it.

It doesn’t matter how good Spurs got, they were still Spurs. And now they are bad. And have been for an extended period of time.

It’s hard to quantify just how much lasting damage has been done by the last two catastrophic league seasons, but on the early evidence of this season it’s ‘a f**kton of lasting damage’.

Spurs were the better side for the first hour against Newcastle. They couldn’t be said to be playing well, or in full control of proceedings. They always appeared vulnerable to the exact goals Newcastle scored, which is its own problem. But they were creating more chances than they were giving up and were in no way disgracing themselves. They might even have had a penalty, if that were still a thing that happened in Spurs games.

Then they conceded a goal. And then everything changed. And that’s the huge problem that might bring down this whole De Zerbi experiment and why Spurs really now may be unmanageable. Because they are basically done the moment they fall behind.

The players may have changed, but the mentality has not. This is a whole club where confidence has been chipped away by years of careless rot followed by two years of alarmingly rapid decay. The mood of the whole ground changed once Newcastle took the lead.

Everyone from fans to players – on both sides – appeared to just know in their bones at that moment that there was no way back. The jig was up. This has rapidly become a self-fulfilling prophecy even for this supposedly tougher, better, new-look team.

They don’t think they can come back from a deficit, so they don’t. Other teams don’t think they’ll concede having gone ahead against Spurs, so they don’t.

Spurs didn’t win a single league game from a losing position last season – and they had several opportunities. Even in the small sample size we have from De Zerbi, we see a clear continuation of this particular trend.

In his nine Premier League games as Spurs manager, they have fallen behind four times and lost four times. In the five games where they’ve scored first, they have three wins and two draws. Spurs are still yet to even score an equalising goal under De Zerbi.

It’s an unsustainable pattern where conceding first means certain doom and scoring first offers better outcomes but no guarantees. Right now, scoring at all would be a boon.

Spurs are in the earliest stages of their latest regeneration. The new look deserves time and the chance to show what it can be.

But even if all the shiny new toys do turn out to form an appealing new whole, what can be achieved will be seriously limited if those old failings remain just below the surface.

And if the new look doesn’t click, then the more familiar elements at play could make last season look pleasant.

Spurs and Liverpool have problems far bigger than any one signing can solve, but Hull, Chelsea and James McAtee have cracked it.

The wheat is already being separated from considerable Barclays chaff, isn’t it?

Premier League winners

Matthias Jaissle

Absolutely loving ‘the biggest step backwards in the world’ and his ‘stupid tight suit’.

Hull

Only the fourth promoted club to win their opening two Premier League games. Two of the previous three stayed up. The one which went down was Hull in 2016/17, which does unfortunately nullify the omens somewhat.

It is, in any event, a far better start than most had bothered to forecast. The instinct was to reduce Hull to the latest side whose results would be compared week on week with Derby 2007/08, before pulling clear of that risible Rams points total but still going down without much of a fight anyway.

Yet the Tigers are more than halfway there with 36 games left, having struck amber with a simple yet remarkably effective blueprint of focusing on structure, organisation, teamwork and repetition.

With a solid keeper, three physical centre-halves in a back five, a resolute midfield, plenty of width and some exciting attacking additions in the pipeline before the deadline, Sergej Jakirovic will spring plenty more surprises just by staying competitive while capitalising on game-breaking moments on the break and at set pieces.

Chelsea

Not too Xabi indeed. Alonso’s solitary career brush with Kevin Keegan – 90 minutes of a 3-0 Liverpool win over Newcastle in March 2008 – clearly left an indelible mark on the Spaniard.

It certainly wasn’t while sitting under the Rafael Benitez or Jose Mourinho learning trees that he adopted the ‘we’ll score one more than you’ mantra.

But for Chelsea it’s exciting, if likely unsustainable. In all of last season they only won a single Premier League game in which they conceded two goals or more. Already this campaign they have won 3-2 and 4-3, threatening preposterous collapses each time before belatedly rebooting their game management senses.

The brilliance of that fluid, varied, interchanging attack is ultimately likely to produce goals more often than not, so the question is whether Chelsea’s defensive issues can be addressed over the season. And even the main problems there should be solved purely with time: Emi Martinez adjusting to new team-mates, and Romeo Lavia not being the senior midfielder in a pivot.

Chelsea, extremely tentatively, possibly, maybe, sort of feel a little bit vaguely like mid-process Arsenal of four years ago. The Gunners at the Emirates next week will be the best true test of where they are at, and thankfully there is no recent precedent of the Blues imploding after being declared legitimate title contenders following a positive result against Mikel Arteta’s side.

At this point, the most we have to learn from Chelsea is what happens when they actually go behind in a game, because the cushions put in place against Fulham and Brighton might not always be there.

Malick Yalcouye

At this stage, clubs are guilty of gross negligence for not just automatically hijacking every obscure midfield signing Brighton make.

Marcus Rashford

“Marcus has been part of a rough ride for Manchester United, and when that happens and the team doesn’t deliver, players get dug out and he was one of them at that stage,” said Harry Maguire.

“I’ve been through it. Everyone’s been through it at this club,” he added, summing up the relentless redemption cycle roughly half this Manchester United team has experienced.

Maguire, for want of a better phrase, is the former captain cockroach a couple of coaches have hoped to kill. He can speak with authority about how Luke Shaw, Kobbie Mainoo and even the undeniable Bruno Fernandes have weathered seemingly irreversible storms concocted by managers, pundits and fans and yet emerged on the other side.

Rashford’s situation felt arguably more unrecoverable than each of those, so severed were the ties to his boyhood club during the Ruben Amorim reign.

But a decent track back and tackle is all it really takes to start mending bridges and winning people back over.

Rayan Cherki

The following forwards all have two things in common: Savio, Yoane Wissa, Jamie Gittens, Anthony Elanga, Brennan Johnson, Kevin, Emile Smith Rowe, Dan Ndoye and Dilane Bakwa.

They all joined Premier League clubs in the past year for more than Manchester City paid to sign Cherki, who has more combined goals and assists in 109 minutes this season alone than each of those players mustered in the entirety of 2025/26.

He might be “chaotic” and ignorant as to Enzo Maresca’s safe zones, but Manchester City need plenty of that.

James McAtee

A player signed to help replace Anthony Elanga and, before his golden handshake with Mr. Marinakis, Morgan Gibbs-White in a raided Nottingham Forest attack, might actually have emerged as part of their succession plan for a £116m midfielder 12 months later.

Oliver Glasner, the maverick that he is in balancing internal coaching solutions with external transfers, “decided it’s not target No. 1 to replace Elliot because maybe we can do it from our own squad and spend the money on other positions”.

McAtee was the in-house candidate envisaged in a new role. Having signed from Manchester City in 2025, he just had to wait for Anderson to make the inverse journey in 2026 for his future to become clearer.

Two games into his second City Ground season, McAtee has already been given more Premier League minutes by Glasner (164) than any of his other four Forest managers – almost as many as under Nuno Espirito Santo (50), Ange Postecoglou (77) and Sean Dyche (43) combined.

It turns out playing an Etihad academy graduate in a more reserved position and giving him more of the ball is an idea worth exploring. If you squinted hard enough at Anfield – and willed an unexpected backflip into existence – McAtee didn’t half resemble an Adam Wharton type.

Everton

It is vaguely heartening to see the stakeholders at Everton revert to habitually despising each other again. There was a brief period during which everyone seemed to be pulling in at least a similar direction, which has thankfully been entirely sacrificed at the £40m altar of Harrison Armstrong.

They will be the most interesting club to watch heading into the final hours of the transfer window. When an attack could plausibly go from Dewsbury Hall, Ndiaye, Barry and George to Richarlison and Balogun with Grealish floating around somewhere behind within a couple of weeks, it is worth keeping an eye on.

But even when collapsing in on itself, a David Moyes team remains capable of grinding out results. His Everton being in the European places early in the season is one of the Premier League’s proudest and most enduring traditions for a reason.

Brentford

Just a bloody good team under a bloody good manager.

Leeds

One defeat in 11 games, and that didn’t count on the final day away at relegated West Ham. If you can’t win, don’t lose.

Regis Le Bris

The first manager this season to bring on substitutes who combine to assist and score a Premier League goal. And you’ll never sing that.

Premier League losers

Spurs

Roberto De Zerbi was spot on: “You can’t find the right mentality in the transfer market.” And for a club about to push the record for most money spent by any club in a window ever pretty close, that is a problem for Spurs.

“It’s the biggest problem, it’s the biggest challenge and the biggest target is to find the right mentality,” the Italian went on, adding: “After the goal we conceded, I think we lost the confidence. The reaction was not good enough, not the reaction I want to see on the pitch, and I said immediately after the end of the game, the players, because when you are building something new, it’s tough, there are problems, the difference is how you want to find the solution of these problems, and the solution is not to put down the head, but to react, because we had 20 minutes again to score one, two or maybe three goals.”

It might be harsh to suggest that De Zerbi ought to have come far closer to remedying an issue in “mentality” which he identified when he was appointed four months ago. But also Spurs have spent inordinate sums this summer, and among the five new signings in the starting XI against Newcastle were two Premier League champions and a Serie A winner.

They should not look the least prepared of any team for this season, especially at home to a team they poached a £92.5m midfielder from, who appointed their manager less than a month ago.

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Crystal Palace

Pierre Sage was “frustrated” that his players “gave up a little” and couldn’t “do it for the duration of the game” against Everton.

Crystal Palace “played well during the first half and it’s not normal that we played as we did in the second half” in his first match. So based on them lasting about an hour before basically calling it an evening against Manchester City, Fulham are in for quite the 75-minute test next week.

This has not been a summer conducive to seamless, serene preparation for Premier League clubs. Palace, so well-represented at the World Cup, victims of their own success in terms of UEFA SCR and at the end of a cycle marked by the departure of key players and their manager, have arguably been impacted the most.

Glasner “will have a pint of beer and celebrate the transfer window being closed” later this week. His successor – and indeed probably every other manager in the country – will do the same.

Liverpool

After a pulsating victory over Norwich in January 2016 which underlined Liverpool’s obvious potential in attack as much as it emphasised their glaring shortcomings in defence, the question was asked: How do you solve those problems with Teixeira?

They didn’t. Liverpool passed on that mid-season transfer, improved through coaching and gradual adaptation instead, and laid far more reliable, dynastical foundations in the summer.

The comparison is not perfect; Bradley Barcola is a considerably better player and far more compelling market opportunity, especially if Cody Gakpo is on his way. But it isn’t an irrelevant parallel either because his signing alone will not rectify those conspicuous problems in every other position.

In short: watching Liverpool concede from a keeper punt and a penalty conceded from a quick throw-in, replying to both with well-worked, well-taken equalisers, made £123m worth of incomings before the deadline feel necessary, but not a) in attack, nor b) all on one player.

Andoni Iraola needs a bit more to work with.

Bournemouth

In fairness, it is absurdly unfortunate to draw both the ‘Struggle To Defend Set Pieces’ and ‘Lose Points From Winning Positions’ cliche cards in pre-season.

Bournemouth have a single point from their opening two games despite leading in the 83rd and 90th minutes respectively. All three of the goals they have conceded have been to defenders, with both equalisers coming from corners. It isn’t ideal.

Gary O’Neil

A humbling defeat for Ipswich at Old Trafford. But on a far more humiliating level, O’Neil remains the only manager to lose a Premier League game to Frank Lampard since October 2022 (19 matches).

Coventry

A club apparently ill-equipped off the pitch for their long-awaited top-flight return, and not particularly ready on it either.

Perhaps Coventry have suffered for a schedule which started with the most difficult game of the season away at the champions, and followed that up with their theoretically easiest assignment of hosting the Championship play-off winners. No team will have needed to alter their strategies quite as drastically in the opening couple of weeks.

But they do visit Manchester City next, so it might get worse before there is even a chance of improvement. Not happy to report that Frank Lampard has moved on from The Basics to “the details”, though, without mastering the art of teaching his players the importance of either in the Premier League.

Arsenal have made the decision to attempt to hijack a Tottenham deal to sign Everton attacker Iliman Ndiaye, according to reports.

The Gunners are looking to sign another attacker before the transfer deadline as Mikel Arteta looks to add quality over quantity to his squad this summer.

Despite winning the Premier League title last season, Arteta’s forward line still took a lot of criticism at times for their lack of creativity.

Julian Alvarez has been the dream target at Arsenal for most of the summer but a deal is complicated as he holds out for a move to Barcelona, even though it’s clear Atletico Madrid won’t sell to the La Liga champions.

There are now rumours that Arsenal will attempt to steal in ahead of Tottenham and sign Everton and Senegal forward Ndiaye before the transfer window shuts.

Confirming an “agreement” between Ndiaye and Tottenham on Monday morning, Fabrizio Romano said on his YouTube channel: “Today, Monday, it is going to become immediately clear what is going to happen with Iliman Ndiaye. Ndiaye is Tottenham’s No.1 target. Tottenham have an agreement with Ndiaye on the contract and an agreement with his agents.

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“They are ready to do the deal with Everton between the two clubs, but the point is what Richarlison wants to do. If Richarlison accepts going to Everton, Ndiaye can become a new Tottenham player.

“Otherwise, his future could be open again. He could go to Tottenham in a different way, or there could eventually be the possibility of joining another club because he is also on the list at other clubs. For example, he has been on Manchester City’s list for some time.

“Let’s see what happens with Cody Gakpo, but for sure, the wingers’ situation is going to be hot in the next hours.”

Arsenal are ready to hijack the Iliman Ndiaye deal at Tottenham

Taggat in Senegal have confirmed that Arsenal have made an enquiry for the former Sheffield United superstar despite an agreement with Tottenham.

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The outlet wrote on X: ‘Arsenal inquired about Iliman Ndiaye’s situation overnight. The Gunners could try to convince the player, despite an agreement already reached with Tottenham.’

That was later backed up by Senegalese journalist Khadim Diakhaté, who wrote on X: ‘Iliman Ndiaye: Arsenal is preparing a big move against Tottenham! As reported by @taggatsn, Iliman Ndiaye has a verbal agreement with Tottenham.

‘But Arsenal is working behind the scenes and could try to lure the Senegalese away from the Spurs. Everything could be decided tomorrow! #Dsports.’

Chelsea have sanctioned the sale of one of their most error-prone players and Tottenham are now giving consideration to springing his surprise signing, according to a report.

Tottenham will likely round out the summer transfer window as the biggest spenders in all of world football in terms of gross outlay.

However, their work is far from finished, with Spurs pushing to sign Iliman Ndiaye in a £60m deal to complete their attacking revamp.

And according to our colleagues over on TEAMtalk, Tottenham are giving late consideration to signing a new goalkeeper too.

Spurs offloaded last year’s starter, Guglielmo Vicario, to Juventus via the loan route. Antonin Kinsky was promoted to No 1, with new recruit, Martin Dubravka, installed as the deputy.

But per TEAMtalk insider, Graeme Bailey, Tottenham chiefs are re-evaluating whether a new starting stopper must be signed after their dire start to the season.

And per the reporter, the surprise figure of 28-year-old Robert Sanchez is in Tottenham’s crosshairs.

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Tottenham considering signing Robert Sanchez from Chelsea

Bailey explained: ‘Tottenham Hotspur are considering bringing in another goalkeeper before the transfer window closes, and TEAMtalk understands Chelsea’s Robert Sanchez is a target.

‘Spurs committed to Antonin Kinsky as their new No.1 before the season started and also added veteran goalkeeper Martin Dubravka to their ranks.

‘However, TEAMtalk understands Tottenham are reviewing every position in the squad and are now assessing whether they need to further strengthen their goalkeeping options before Tuesday’s deadline.

‘One potential option could be from London rivals Chelsea in the shape of Robert Sanchez.

‘Chelsea have made the Spaniard available following their agreement to sign Emiliano Martinez from Aston Villa, with intermediaries now working to find Sanchez a new club.’

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Sanchez is a known commodity to Roberto De Zerbi having played under the Italian during their time at Brighton.

However, Sanchez has proven one of the shakiest and most error-prone goalkeepers in the Premier League over the past few seasons.

It’s a situation that has ultimately resulted in Chelsea signing Martinez from Aston Villa, with the Argentine veteran serving as the bridge starter until such time as Mike Penders is deemed worthy of taking the gloves.

As such, Sanchez can go, and Tottenham are weighing up a deal that would probably go down like a lead balloon amongst their fanbase.

Tottenham Hotspur’s complete revamping of Roberto De Zerbi’s first-team squad continues at pace, with transfer insider Fabrizio Romano revealing that three more players are heading for the exit door.

Having spent more than £300million on new additions to their squad, Spurs are also looking to part company with players who are not in De Zerbi’s plans for this season or in the future as a whole.

Romano has already confirmed that Pape Sarr is on his way to Juventus in a loan deal with an obligation to buy, in what has been a real summer of transition at Tottenham.

Indeed, Alejo Veliz (£7.76m, EC Bahia), Alfie Devine (£4.5m, Preston), Radu Dragusin (loan, Fiorentina), Luka Vuskovic (£46m, Brighton), Tynan Thompson (£8m, Manchester United), Will Lankshear (£10m, Middlesbrough), Manor Solomon (£5m, West Ham), Min-hyeok Yang (loan, Westerlo), Cristian Romero (£34.2m, Atletico Madrid), Ashley Phillips (£7m, Middlesbrough), Djed Spence (£25.6m, Inter) and Guglielmo Vicario (loan, Juventus) have all left over the summer.

Striker Richarlison is also closing in on a return to Everton, with Toffees forward Iliman Ndiaye on his way to Spurs in a separate deal. However, the two transfers are still linked, with Richarlison currently holding up those moves, as he deliberates moving back to Merseyside.

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Tottenham made their move for Ndiaye after top winger target Cody Gakpo decided he favoured a switch to Manchester City instead.

Romano reveals three more Tottenham exits

The trio are all names expected to be on the move before the window closes, in the shape of Kevin Danso, Mikey Moore and Souza.

Indeed, De Zerbi revealed after Saturday’s los to Newcastle that Austrian centre-back Danso wanted out after the summer captures of Jan Paul van Hecke and Marcos Senesi.

And Romano wrote on X: “Kevin Danso can also leave Tottenham in the next 24h.

“Sunderland are pushing to sign him with player keen and #THFC are looking for a replacement.”

In terms of Moore, who performed well in pre-season and spent last season on loan at Rangers, he added: “FC Köln have closed the agreement with Tottenham to sign Mikey Moore, here we go!

“Deal in place on straight loan and green light to travel from #THFC. No buy option clause, back to Spurs in June 2027.”

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As for young defender Souza, he has found himself behind Andy Robertson and Destiny Udogie in the left-back pecking order, with Romano also tweeting: “FC Porto agree deal to sign Souza from Tottenham, here we go!

“Loan move until June 2027, Souza will be in Oporto today with authorization to travel from #THFC.

“Salary to be covered by Porto then Souza returns to Spurs in June next year. Deal done – follows @ojogo.”

Tottenham have given the green light for Pape Matar Sarr to join Italian giants Juventus on a loan-to-buy deal, according to Fabrizio Romano.

As well as bringing in eight players so far this summer, Tottenham have offloaded plenty too over the summer transfer window.

Alejo Veliz (£7.76m, EC Bahia), Alfie Devine (£4.5m, Preston), Radu Dragusin (loan, Fiorentina), Luka Vuskovic (£46m, Brighton), Tynan Thompson (£8m, Manchester United), Will Lankshear (£10m, Middlesbrough), Manor Solomon (£5m, West Ham), Min-hyeok Yang (loan, Westerlo), Cristian Romero (£34.2m, Atletico Madrid), Ashley Phillips (£7m, Middlesbrough), Djed Spence (£25.6m, Inter) and Guglielmo Vicario (loan, Juventus) have all left this summer.

And Tottenham are now set to add Sarr to that list with rumours in Italy on Sunday revealing that Juventus were closing in on a loan deal for the Senegal international.

Sky Italia revealed: ‘Juventus are looking to finalise the loan deal for Tottenham’s Pape Sarr: he will be Spalletti’s midfield reinforcement. After Kessie, a new Atalanta player, turned him down and Khephren Thuram’s physical problems, the Bianconeri have reached a basic agreement with the English club for the 2002-born midfielder.

‘The formal offer is for a €2 million loan with an obligation to buy set at €26 million if Juventus qualifies for the Champions League and a guarantee of at least 50% of the player’s appearances. A response is awaited from Tottenham, who would like to make the obligation to buy tied to Juventus’ qualification for the Europa League and not just the Champions League.’

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And, on Monday morning, Italian transfer expert Romano has given his famous ‘here we go’ confirmation to the deal and revealed the final details.

Romano wrote on X: ‘EXCL: Juventus agree deal to sign Pape Matar Sarr, here we go! Deal agreed between clubs with Tottenham on initial loan plus buy option clause to become mandatory under certain conditions. Total package worth €30m fee for #THFC. Sarr wanted Juventus, deal now done.’

Tottenham waiting to see ‘what Richarlison wants to do’

Tottenham are pushing to sign Iliman Ndiaye from Everton before the transfer deadline and Romano has claimed Richarlison’s decision is holding the deal up.

Romano said on his YouTube channel: “Today, Monday, it is going to become immediately clear what is going to happen with Iliman Ndiaye. Ndiaye is Tottenham’s No.1 target. Tottenham have an agreement with Ndiaye on the contract and an agreement with his agents.

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“They are ready to do the deal with Everton between the two clubs, but the point is what Richarlison wants to do. If Richarlison accepts going to Everton, Ndiaye can become a new Tottenham player.

“Otherwise, his future could be open again. He could go to Tottenham in a different way, or there could eventually be the possibility of joining another club because he is also on the list at other clubs. For example, he has been on Manchester City’s list for some time.

“Let’s see what happens with Cody Gakpo, but for sure, the wingers’ situation is going to be hot in the next hours.”

Tottenham Hotspur have reacted to Liverpool winger Cody Gakpo deciding to choose Manchester City by swiftly agreeing a deal for Everton star Iliman Ndiaye, according to The Athletic journalist David Ornstein.

Tottenham had a deal in place on personal terms with Gakpo for weeks.

However, Gakpo has decided to join Manchester City, who are ready to pay Liverpool £85million for the Netherlands international winger.

While Tottenham are disappointed with Gakpo’s decision, the north London club have moved swiftly and have struck a deal for Everton winger Ndiaye.

Everton winger Iliman Ndiaye agrees to join Tottenham

Top transfer journalist Ornstein posted on X at 10:19am on August 30: “EXCL: Agreement in principle reached for Iliman Ndiaye to join Tottenham Hotspur from Everton & Richarlison to move opposite way in separate transfers.

“Deals for 26yo #EFC attacker + 29yo #THFC forward subject to personal terms / medicals”

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Transfer guru Fabrizio Romano noted on X at 10:51am: “Tottenham and Everton have reached an agreement on double deal with Iliman Ndiaye to #THFC and Richarlison back to #EFC.

“It’s up to the two players: Richarlison in talks with Everton as he has 3 offers, Ndiaye said yes to Spurs project.

“Deal on – follows @David_Ornstein”

Romano added at 11:03am: “Iliman Ndiaye has given green light to Tottenham contract proposal, ready to join Spurs project under Roberto de Zerbi.

“The agreement now depends on Richarlison to accept Everton move as #THFC are ready to close the double deal.”

Tottenham fans will hope that the signing of Ndiaye from Everton will enhance their chances of winning Premier League matches.

Spurs suffered a 3-0 defeat to Brentford in their opening Premier League game of the game.

Although Tottenham subsequently beat Charlton Athletic 5-1 in the League Cup, the north London club went down 2-0 to Newcastle United at home in the league on Saturday.

After the defeat to Newcastle, Tottenham manager Roberto De Zerbi said: “No, I’m disappointed for the result, and I’m sorry for the fans, for the environment, because after two defeats, maybe somebody can think it’s the same story, the same as the last two seasons.

“I have no doubt it’s not like this. I think I can’t change my opinion after two defeats.

“I have a big, big confidence in the qualities of my players.

“At the end, when we become a team, when we improve the connection between the players, when we improve the quality of the play, when we improve the defensive space, the distances between the attackers, defenders, midfielders, when we create a team, this group, with me or with another coach, nothing changes, because they are too good players.

“I’m sorry for the club, because they are building a great squad, but maybe now we are not ready yet, for many, many reasons.

“We are not ready yet, for many reasons, but today, I think, until the first goal, we played better than Newcastle.

“Newcastle is a good team, good coach, good player, good at everything, but we created more chances to score, we shot more times, we had the control of the ball more than Newcastle.

“We suffered too much in two or three situations in the first half, because the distance between the attackers and defenders was too big, too much space, and then after the goal we conceded, I think we lost the confidence.

“The reaction was not good enough, not the reaction I want to see on the pitch, and I said immediately after the end of the game, the players, because when you are building something new, it’s tough, there are problems, the difference is how you want to find the solution of these problems, and the solution is not to put down the head, but to react, because we had 20 minutes again to score one, two or maybe three goals.”

Tottenham Hotspur are still working hard on attacking reinforcements before the window shuts, with a fresh report stating that AC Milan star Christian Pulisic has been the subject of enquiries.

Spurs have been left reeling by the news that Cody Gakpo has changed his mind about moving to north London, with the Dutchman now favouring a switch to Manchester City should Liverpool allow him to leave.

Tottenham had been preparing to spend in excess of £70million on Gakpo, but his decision to snub them has forced the club to accelerate work on alternative attacking targets.

And our friends over at TEAMtalk have confirmed that Pulisic is one of the players Tottenham have asked about.

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The American is understood to remain part of Ruben Amorim’s long-term plans at AC Milan, despite being left on the bench for their opening two games of the new season.

The decision to leave Pulisic out is understood to be partly connected to managing the 27-year-old after he suffered a microfracture of his leg at the World Cup, rather than an indication that Milan are actively looking to sell him – although they are close to completing the loan signing of Nottingham Forest winger Omari Hutchinson, with the move set to provide further attacking competition at the San Siro.

TEAMtalk reports that a number of clubs have now made enquiries about Pulisic, who has notched a combined 55 goals/assists in 100 Serie A games for Milan, with Tottenham among those exploring his availability.

Pulisic would provide Spurs with the versatility they are looking for, capable of operating across the forward line and offering another experienced attacking option.

A move for the former Chelsea player would not be cheap, but Tottenham’s willingness to commit more than £70million to Gakpo demonstrates that the finances are available should they decide to pursue a deal.

Tottenham also targeting three more attackers

Pulisic is not the only attacking option being considered.

Indeed, the report adds that Spurs have also made enquiries about Lyon’s Malick Fofana, Eintracht Frankfurt’s Jean-Matteo Bahoya and Lille’s Matheus Fernandez-Pardo.

Fofana has attracted significant interest in recent days, with Hull City and Sunderland both holding talks over the Belgian.

Bahoya is also being pursued by Hull, while Fernandez-Pardo has emerged as a major target for Newcastle United.

Arsenal and Liverpool have also made enquiries about the Lille forward, with Tottenham now joining the list of clubs monitoring his situation.

Spurs, therefore, have several options under consideration as they attempt to respond to Gakpo’s decision.

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Pulisic, in particular, would offer immediate Premier League experience and the ability to play in several attacking positions.

Tottenham are certain they need further attacking reinforcements before Tuesday’s transfer deadline, and the club are now working through their options, with Pulisic among those on their radar.