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Former Fenerbahce attacker Ridvan Dilmen has revealed that he has heard that Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Yves Bissouma, who is on Everton‘s radar, will join Fenerbahce.

Spurs have made a solid start to their new season under new boss Thomas Frank, as they have won two of their opening games, including a 2-0 victory against Manchester City.

They have just landed Xavi Simons from RB Leipzig to hand them another boost and there is expected to be more activity in north London before the window closes.

Tottenham supremo Daniel Levy will be keen on offloading fringe players before Monday and Mali midfielder Bissouma is one of the names on that list.

He is out of favour under Frank and is being monitored by Everton as a possible option, with David Moyes looking for another midfielder.

The 28-year-old has had interest from Turkish Super Lig sides, where Galatasaray have been working on a swoop, but have been unsure about Bissouma’s physical shape.

Now, former attacker Dilmen has revealed that he has heard Bissouma is Fenerbahce bound.

Club Years Sumerspor 1977-1979 Mugalaspor 1979-1980 Boluspor 1980-1983 Sariyer 1983-1987 Fenerbahce 1987-1994 Ridvan Dilmen’s playing career

Fenerbahce have just sacked Jose Mourinho, but that is not scuppering their attempts to add to the squad.

“I heard that Fenerbahce were about to sign Yves Bissouma”, the 63-year-old told Turkish daily Haberturk (via Ajansspor).

“Fenerbahce needed a transfer in that area.

“This is an important transfer for Fenerbahce.”

Everton recently saw West Ham knock back a proposal for Tomas Soucek and the Toffees could consider turning to Bissouma.

It had been suggested that Bissouma wanted to stay in the UK as he is on course to obtaining British citizenship.

Heading to Fenerbahce would fly in the face of that, but the Turkish giants do have Europa League football to offer.

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Chelsea have ‘no intention’ of trying to hijack Tottenham Hotspur‘s swoop for Xavi Simons, as Spurs close in on the RB Leipzig man.

It had seemed that the attacker would be joining Chelsea if he left Leipzig and he was, as recently as earlier this week, giving the Blues priority.

Tottenham however have not been put off and have been working hard to try to get an agreement with Simons and Leipzig.

There is an agreement between Spurs and Leipzig on the basis of a fee worth €60m and the Dutchman is now set for the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Tottenham have already seen one big deal hijacked this summer when Arsenal stepped in to take Eberechi Eze away from them.

They do not have to worry about the same happening with Simons though as, according to journalist Matt Law, Chelsea have ‘no intention’ of trying to hijack the move.

While Chelsea have been keen on the attacking midfielder, they have not made any formal bid for him and have other targets in mind.

Scored against Augsburg (H) Mainz (A) Werder Bremen (H) – two St Pauli (H) Mainz (H) Borussia Dortmund (H) Wolfsburg (A) – two Stuttgart (H) Xavi Simons’ goals in the Bundesliga last season

Spurs and Chelsea have also improved the relationship between themselves in recent years and the Blues are not looking to damage that now.

Simons scored ten goals for Leipzig in the Bundesliga last term, as the German side played him both as a winger and an attacking midfielder in games.

That means Simons can slot into the role that Spurs had in mind for Eze.

The Dutchman did miss a chunk of last season due to injury and Spurs will be hoping he can stay fit throughout the campaign.

Simons spent time in the youth systems of Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain, but rose to prominence when playing week in, week out, at Dutch giants PSV Eindhoven.

He will be looking to hit the ground running at Tottenham and cement a spot in Thomas Frank’s side, especially with the World Cup looming.

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West Ham United and Everton could see their hope boosted as Galatasaray are concerned about Yves Bissouma’s potential physical issues, which might see a deal for the Tottenham Hotspur star collapsing.

Spurs signed the Mali international from Brighton & Hove Albion in the summer of 2022 and he has featured in 100 games for them so far in his career.

Bissouma has fallen out of favour under new Tottenham boss Thomas Frank and they are looking to offload him in the ongoing transfer window.

It has been suggested that Bissouma wanted to stay in England to acquire British citizenship, with both Everton and West Ham, who are in the market for midfielders, monitoring his situation.

However, Tottenham struck a loan deal with Galatasaray for Bissouma and the Turkish club were quick to agree personal terms with the midfielder.

The move is yet to be completed, as Galatasaray have reservations regarding Bissouma’s ‘potential physical issues’, according to Belgian journalist Sacha Tavolieri.

Galatasaray want a midfielder who will be available immediately and a deal might collapse between Spurs and the Turkish giants.

Club Country Everton England Galatasaray Turkey West Ham England Linked with Yves Bissouma

Bissouma’s current situation might boost hopes for West Ham and Everton to land him and both of them have been monitoring him since early this month.

West Ham are desperate to bring in reinforcements after a horrible start to the campaign and a defensive midfielder is high on their list.

They have seen Edson Alvarez depart for Turkey and Guido Rodriguez is being chased by La Liga outfits Real Betis and Espanyol.

West Ham are closing on Soungoutou Magassa, but Eintracht Frankfurt have been trying to hijack it.

Everton, on the other hand have seen their bid for Thomas Soucek, who David Moyes has worked with during his time with the Hammers, being rejected by West Ham.

Now if a deal collapses between Galatasaray and Spurs, West Ham and Everton could see it as an opportunity to pounce to agree a deal for Bissouma, who has featured in 191 Premier League games so far in his career.

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Tottenham Hotspur defender Luka Vuskovic is now in the process of undergoing a medical ahead of a loan move to German side Hamburg.

Vuskovic was signed as a 16 year-old in 2023 for £12m from Hajduk Split, to join Tottenham this summer, after becoming the youngest player to feature in the Croatian top flight.

The highly rated centre-back spent last season on loan with Westerlo in the Belgian Pro League and even managed to win the goal of the season award for his goal against Club Brugge despite being a defender.

Tottenham feel that Vuskovic would not get the game time he needs for his development in north London this season and have agreed to loan him.

Newly promoted to the Bundesliga, Hamburg threw their hat into the ring after tracking him for the past couple of years.

Hamburg and Vuskovic had been waiting on Spurs’ approval after the defender had given his nod to the German side.

The German side were forced to consider alternatives to Vuskovic, before Spurs finally green lit their proposal.

Vuskovic is now having a medical in Hamburg as the deal nears completion, according to German journalist Florian Plettenberg.

Further, the clubs are ironing out minor details, with Vuskovic moving on a loan where Hamburg do not reserve an option to buy.

Vuskovic comes from a footballing family and will have the opportunity to partner his brother, Mario Vuskovic, in defence for Hamburg.

Thomas Frank has made Kevin Danso’s loan move permanent this summer and added Japanese youngster Kota Takai, leaving Spurs well stocked at the back and ready to loan Vuskovic out for the campaign.

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Tottenham Hotspur are ‘now preparing to hijack’ Chelsea‘s swoop for Dutch attacker Xavi Simons, who has been excused from team duties by RB Leipzig.

Spurs have been looking at a host of attacking players after losing out on Eberechi Eze to Arsenal.

Manchester City winger Savinho is someone they have chased and made offers for, but now the call has been taken at the club to call off that pursuit unless the Cityzens change their stance.

Potential creativity in the shape of Marseille’s Adrien Rabiot has been considered, with Tottenham, along with Aston Villa, having held talks with his entourage.

Rabiot is for sale for €15m following a bust-up with Jonathan Rowe.

Leipzig star Simons is someone Tottenham do want and they are moving for him despite Chelsea having an agreement with the player and being his priority.

Now, according to German journalist Florian Plettenberg, Tottenham ‘are now preparing to hijack’ Chelsea’s swoop for Simons.

Simons has been excused by Leipzig from team duties and is not in the German city, as he tries to sort out his future.

Scored against Augsburg (H) Mainz (A) Werder Bremen (H) – two St Pauli (H) Mainz (H) Borussia Dortmund (H) Wolfsburg (A) – two Stuttgart (H) Xavi Simons’ goals in the Bundesliga last season

Tottenham are likely trying to turn Simons’ head towards north London and then approach Leipzig, who are still awaiting official offers for him.

Simons managed to score ten times in the Bundesliga last season for Leipzig, operating from an attacking midfield positions and on occasion as a winger.

That came despite him missing a chunk of the campaign through an ankle injury.

Leipzig have been open to cashing in on the Netherlands international this summer if the price on the table is the right one.

He came up against Premier League opposition for Leipzig in the Champions League, featuring against Liverpool, in a 1-0 loss for the Germans.

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Tottenham Hotspur have ended their chase for Savinho and only a change of stance from Manchester City’s end could reopen the talks.

Thomas Frank has had a great start to his tenure at Tottenham and in order to continue that, he feels there are areas Spurs need to improve upon.

Strengthening the attacking department is on his priority list and they have shown interest in signing Manchester City’s Savinho.

However, Manchester City are keen on keeping the Brazilian forward at the club, rejecting two initial bids from Tottenham.

Spurs failed with their attempt to sign Eberechi Eze, who has now joined their north London rivals Arsenal and they stepped up their interest in signing Savinho.

Daniel Levy’s side explored a bid north of £70m in the hope of convincing Manchester City to let the winger leave.

However, the Sky Blues made Spurs aware that they will not change their ‘not for sale’ stance on Savinho even if a bid over £70m arrives on their table.

Signing Mohammed Kudus Mathys Tel Kevin Danso Luka Vuskovic Kota Takai Joao Palhinha Tottenham Hotspur’s summer arrivals

According to Italian journalist Rudy Galetti, Tottenham have ‘decided to end’ their pursuit of the Brazilian winger and check alternatives in the ongoing window.

However, it has been suggested that the situation could change if Manchester City decide to change their stance on Savinho.

In recent days they have been linked with RB Leipzig’s Xavi Simons, but the player remains interested in joining Chelsea first and foremost.

The north London outfit could also look to explore a deal for Leicester City star Bilal El Khannouss, who is on Crystal Palace’s agenda.

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Tottenham Hotspur have suffered a blow as Xavi Simons’ priority ‘remains Chelsea’ for a possible move in the ongoing transfer window, according to journalist Bobby Vincent.

The 22-year-old attacking midfielder has been linked with a move to the Premier League since the early days of the ongoing transfer window.

Liverpool were on his trail this summer but they bowed out of the race after the arrival of Florian Wirtz at Anfield.

The 22-year-old is keen on a move out of Leipzig this summer and Chelsea are one of his admirers in the ongoing window.

Now another London club, Tottenham Hotspur, have recently joined that race after missing out on Eberechi Eze to fierce rivals Arsenal.

After the injury to James Maddison, Tottenham tried to sign Como star Nico Paz but despite a big bid being on the table, the Italian Serie A side rejected it after speaking to their owners and Real Madrid.

Now Thomas Frank wants to sign Dutch attacker Simons, who had a fantastic last season with the German side, catching the eye with 17 goal contributions in the Bundesliga.

Club Years Paris Saint-Germain 2021-2022 PSV Eindhoven 2022-2023 Paris Saint-Germain 2023-2025 RB Leipzig (loan) 2023-2025 RB Leipzig 2025- Xavi Simons’ career history

However, despite Tottenham pushing into the race, Simons’ priority ‘remains Chelsea’, in what is a blow to Spurs.

A move to Chelsea is by no means guaranteed though and Tottenham may well feel they can turn the Leipzig star’s head towards north London instead.

It has been suggested Leipzig want a transfer fee in the region of €70m to let Simons depart in the ongoing window and Chelsea have been working on the deal for some time.

Spurs have also been linked with a move for Marseille’s Adrien Rabiot.

He has been put on the transfer list by the French giants after a bust-up with Jonathan Rowe, who has now been sold.

Rabiot would be a cheaper signing as Marseille are looking for €15m for the former Juventus schemer.

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Tottenham Hotspur have now sanctioned a loan move to Hamburg for highly rated defender Luka Vuskovic, according to Italian journalist Fabrizio Romano.

Spurs agreed a deal with Hajduk Split in 2023 to sign Vuskovic, then 16 years old, and he joined the London outfit this summer after a superb loan spell at Westerlo in Belgium, where the club’s vice president praised him.

The Croatian is very highly rated at Spurs and he featured for Tottenham in their pre-season games, as well as being on the bench at Manchester City.

Thomas Frank has made Kevin Danso’s loan move permanent this summer and brought in Japanese youngster Kota Takai to the club.

Vuskovic is unlikely to get regular game time at Spurs with the current competition for the spots in Tottenham’s centre-back department.

Hamburg showed interest in taking Vuskovic on loan and the defender was said to be in favour of a move.

However, a deal needed to be struck with Tottenham so that they could take the young defender on loan.

Substitute Kinsky Bergvall Davies Gray Odobert Solanke Tel Vuskovic Tottenham’s substitutes at Manchester City

Last week it was suggested that Vuskovic is closing in on a loan exit, as Hamburg are expected to agree a deal with the London giants.

Now it has been claimed that Hamburg ‘get the green light’ from Tottenham for him to sign for them on loan for the season.

Vuskovic’s loan deal will have no option-to-buy clause in it, as Frank considers him a key player for the future.

The Tottenham star’s brother, Mario, also plays for Hamburg and Vuskovic will be hoping to hit the ground running after finalising his move to them.

Due to the delay of the deal Hamburg were considering other options and held talks with two players but now the deal is going through.

If all goes well then Vuskovic will be keen to rack up as many games as possible in Germany to impress Frank and get into his plans for next season.

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Girona are confident that they will be able to complete a deal for Tottenham Hotspur star Bryan Gil this week, with his other suitors having ‘faded away’.

Tottenham signed Gil from Sevilla in the summer of 2021 and he arrived in north London as a highly rated young winger.

Gil has featured in 43 games for Spurs in his career, but has never scored a goal while spending a large part of his Tottenham career on loan with Spanish clubs.

Last season, Spurs sanctioned a loan deal for Gil to join Girona and he featured 25 times for them as his season ended early due to a ligament injury.

Gil impressed Girona during his loan spell, but the Spanish outfit did not trigger the option-to-buy clause they had in his loan deal, as they found it to be too expensive.

The 24-year-old is not in the plans of Thomas Frank and the north London outfit want to offload him during the window.

Now as the transfer window enters the crunch period, the La Liga outfit are once again showing their willingness to sign Gil, but they want Tottenham to terminate his contract to facilitate a move.

Competition Appearances La Liga 109 Premier League 24 Europa League 11 Champions League 10 Copa del Rey 9 Bryan Gil’s top appearances by competition

According to Spanish daily Mundo Deportivo, Girona are confident that they will be able to complete the signing of Gil within this week.

Girona have already seen a deal for Alex Moreno being done as Aston Villa terminated his contract to let the player join the Spanish outfit and they want to follow the similar formula with the Spurs winger.

While Gil has had interest from clubs other than Girona, it is suggested that it has ‘faded away’, boosting the Spanish side’s hopes.

The La Liga outfit are hoping that Gil will be able to force a move out of Spurs as he is in the final year of his contract with them.

Gil last featured for Tottenham in February 2024 when he came on as a substitute in the game against Everton.

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Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Yves Bissouma, who has been of interest to Everton and West Ham United, is ‘set to join’ Turkish giants Galatasaray, with the talks at the ‘final stage’.

Bissouma has fallen out of favour with new Spurs boss Thomas Frank and a move away from north London has looked set to be on the cards.

It has appeared though that remaining in English football was the midfielder’s preference as he was keen to acquire British citizenship.

Everton and West Ham, who are both in the market for midfielders, have been monitoring his situation at Tottenham, but now he is set to be off the table as an option.

Bissouma is ‘set to join’ Galatasaray, according to French journalist Fabrice Hawkins, with talks now at the ‘final stage’.

Personal terms have already been agreed between Bissouma and Galatasaray.

Now Galatasaray will look to get the move over the line and guard against any late hijack attempt.

Everton are shopping for midfield reinforcements and have recently had a bid rejected by West Ham for Tomas Soucek.

Player Played for Davinson Sanchez Tottenham Leroy Sane Manchester City Nicolo Zaniolo Aston Villa Lucas Torreira Arsenal Mario Lemina Wolves Ex-Premier League stars at Galatasaray

West Ham are also hunting midfielders to back Graham Potter and Monaco’s Soungoutou Magassa is someone they are moving to sign.

The Hammers have also gone in with a loan offer to Nottingham Forest for Ibrahim Sangare.

Whether Spurs will look to land a replacement for Bissouma when he goes remains to be seen, as do the exact terms of his departure for Turkey.

At Galatasaray, Bissouma will see former Tottenham Hotspur centre-back Davinson Sanchez, who has flourished at the Turkish club.

Leroy Sane also joined the Istanbul giants earlier this summer, while Victor Osimhen was landed on a permanent deal from Napoli as part of some very impressive business done by Galatasaray.