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The Brazil international told us he ‘always wanted to be here’ and is now one of us after his arrival from Manchester City was announced on Tuesday morning.

An exciting, pacy winger, still only 22, Sávio joined City after impressing on a season’s loan at Girona, where he weighed in with 11 goals in 41 appearances as his side finished third in La Liga, behind Barcelona and Real Madrid. He has 13 senior caps to his name.

Speaking exclusively to us for the first time, he said: “It took me a while, but I'm here. I'm very happy. I think everyone in my family knows that when Tottenham looked for me, I always wanted to be here. Now I'm here, I'm very happy, my family is happy, that's what matters. I just have to thank God for this wonderful opportunity.

“Tottenham has everything. They have one of the best managers in the world. They have the best training ground in the world. They have the best stadium in the world. Whenever I came to play against Tottenham here, I always told my representative about the club. When he said that the club was interested in me, I was very happy. As I said, I've always wanted to be here now.

“I want to reach the top with this club structure, in Training, stadium and with one of the best coaches in the world, I think we can reach the top. With my colleagues too. We can compete for the Premier League, reach the Champions League… and so it goes, with a lot of humility.”

Once again, Roberto De Zerbi was a huge influence in Sávio’s arrival. “He said he wanted to help me get to the next level, the highest level,” he added. “So, I think when the coach calls you and tells you that, you have to come, when he calls me, I'm like, ‘wow, I really have to go there’ because it's not just any coach who does that.”

We can now confirm the squad number Sávio will wear for the Club.

The Brazilian winger, who arrived this morning from Manchester City, has been assigned the number 17 shirt.

Sávio said: "It's taken a while but I'm very happy to be here.

"It's a wonderful opportunity at a brilliant club with one of the best managers in the world.

"As soon as I spoke to the Head Coach I knew I had to come. He told me he wants to help me reach the highest level, and I believe we can do that together, as a team."

Sporting Director, Johan Lange said: "Sávio is someone who has been on our radar for a while and I'm delighted that he is now a Tottenham Hotspur player.

"He has already shown his quality at the highest level, and we believe his ability, style and mentality will be a great fit for the squad we are building here.

"I know he will excite our supporters every time he gets on the ball and I'm looking forward to watching his development under Roberto's coaching."

Head Coach, Roberto De Zerbi said: "Sávio is a player who brings energy, imagination and quality in wide positions. He has the courage to attack defenders and the ability to change a game with his creativity.

"We’re very pleased to have him with us, and I’m looking forward to working with him, helping him continue to grow and seeing him bring his personality to the team.”

An exciting and pacey winger, the 22-year-old Brazil international joins us after two seasons with Manchester City.

Born in Sao Mateus, Brazil, Sávio signed for the youth team of Atletico Mineiro, earning his professional debut at just 16 years of age in August, 2020. In his second season with the senior side, the winger helped the team secure a historic domestic treble.

After 35 senior appearances and two goals for Atletico Mineiro, Sávio headed to France to sign for Troyes before joining PSV Eindhoven on loan in 2022/23.

A second loan spell followed the year after with a move to Girona and this sparked a breakthrough season for the young attacker. Across an outstanding season he competed 104 dribbles, 18 more than any other player in La Liga.

An impressive campaign saw the Spanish side finish third in the league, their highest-ever finish, and secure qualification for the UEFA Champions League for the first time in the club’s history. A key part of the historic season, Sávio ended his loan spell with Girona with 41 appearances and 11 goals.

In July, 2024, he earned a move to Manchester City and made his debut in the FA Community Shield the following month. A Premier League debut followed shortly after, with a first UEFA Champions League goal coming in January, 2025.

Sávio made 84 appearances, scoring seven goals, for Manchester City and was part of the team that secured a domestic cup double earlier this year, as City won both the Carabao Cup and FA Cup.

After featuring for his country’s youth teams across a number of age groups, he earned his first call-up to Brazil’s senior squad in March, 2024, making his debut in the same month against England in a 1-0 victory at Wembley Stadium. Later representing his nation at the 2024 Copa America, he has 13 caps and one goal for the Seleção to date.

Welcome, Sávio!

Following two pre-season friendlies in Spain against Granada (a 1-0 victory) and Real Madrid (2-1 defeat), we were back in action at Hotspur Way as we stormed to an emphatic 5-3 victory over the Blues on Sunday.

The defender, who joined us this summer from VfL Wolfsburg, was one of the five different goalscorers on the afternoon, grabbing her first goal for the Club with a header at the back-post, as she completed her second set of 90 minutes in a Lilywhite shirt.

Racking up important game time ahead of our Women’s Super League season opener against West Ham United on Sunday 6 September (12noon UK), the Netherlands international felt there was ‘good development’ in how we progressed throughout the game against the newly-promoted WSL side.

“The first half was a little bit difficult,” she told us after the game. “They were a compact team, stayed close and played a bit on the counter. We had a lot of possession, but then we lost the ball in transition.

“We did way better in the second half, you saw the difference between the first half and the second half, we were higher on the pitch, had more chances and scored more goals. So, there was good development in the game.”

“It’s good for your body and to have your minutes in your legs. It's nice to play so many minutes, if possible. It's also nice to play 90 minutes because you need that as well.

“It’s a good feeling,” she added, when asked about building positive momentum with a win. “It's important that we are winning our games. In two weeks, the league starts, so then we have to be really on, but we keep pushing.”

The summer arrival was also named in Martin Ho’s performance group – a selection of players to assist captain Drew Spence this term – and she spoke about the honour to be recognised with that opportunity so early on in her career.

“It's an honour that I'm in the performance group. Me as a person, I want to help younger people around here,” she explained.

“I want to try to help them get better. It's an important role and what I said, it's an honour that I'm in the group. I want to try and help myself, my team-mates and help the staff. We are one big group who are together.”

SPURSPLAY

After taking a while to get into our stride and having fallen behind inside eight minutes to Vakhtang Salia’s low shot-on-the-turn, we gradually began to establish control and equalised nine minutes before half-time when Elliott-Parris side-footed home after a good exchange of passes with Ellis Lehane.

We upped our game further after the break and took the lead mid-way through the second period via Dorrington’s deflected back-post shot, with the impressive Hall deservedly getting himself on the scoresheet four minutes later to round off a well-earned 3-1 win in the north east.

More to follow.

SPURSPLAY

The 20-year-old forward spent the second half of last term on loan in the same division with Mansfield Town, where he memorably scored twice on his senior competitive debut. In all, he netted four goals in 18 appearances for the Stags.

A product of our Academy system, Oli has been a regular for our Under-21s in recent years, scoring five goals in 12 appearances at that level in the opening months of 2025/26. He also played in five of our six league stage matches in the Under-19 UEFA Youth League last term, scoring twice.

No report is too small and we treat all concerns seriously. To help demonstrate this, we provide a seasonal update about the actions we’ve taken as a direct result of the reports we’ve received. Our update about the 2025/26 season’s actions can be found below.

How to report a concern

If you see or hear anything of concern on a matchday, please report it to us so we can help. Speaking directly to the nearest steward or member of staff is often the quickest way to do this.

Alternatively, you can also report it to us discretely via the Official Spurs and Stadium App, or by texting 07537404821 with details of your location, the location of the incident, and one of the following keywords:

FOUL (language & behaviour)

ABUSE (abusive behaviour)

RACISM (racist chanting & shouting)

SEXISM (sexist comments or chanting)

HPH (homophobic chanting)

DRINK (drinking alcohol in view of the pitch)

SMOKE (smoking in the stadium)

STAND (persistent standing)

PYRO (use of or intended use of any pyrotechnic or smoke bomb)

HS (health and safety)

Other (please specify)

To report something after an event, please contact us via our post-event feedback form and provide details about the location and timing of the incident.

What we do | Incident Management | 2025/26 season update

When incidents are reported to us in real time, we always do what we can to respond and resolve the issue on the day. All reports are centrally logged, and where an issue requires further review or action, investigations are managed by the Club’s Safety and Security team.

Throughout the 2025/26 season, over 1,200 investigations were conducted into reports shared with us either on or shortly after matchdays. This represents a small increase on the number of reports received in 2024/25, reflecting supporters’ increasing awareness of the options to report issues to us as they happen.

Over 400 of these reports came directly from the victims of ticket touts, who were denied entry to the stadium after purchasing invalid tickets from unauthorised resale websites. In each of the cases, in addition to providing direct support to the victims, the Club was able to identify the accounts responsible for the tickets being mis-sold and issue them with permanent bans. Any tickets for future matches were also cancelled and released back for sale to genuine fans.

As of the 2026/27 season, we will be moving to an NFC-only ticketing operation, ensuring that tickets become even more difficult for touts to obtain and circulate. We will continue to take strong, decisive action against any accounts responsible for mis-selling tickets and urge supporters to avoid purchasing from unofficial sellers. Please see our Ticket Touting Policy Statement for further information.

In addition to those issued for ticket touting offences, Club bans were also issued for a range of serious behavioural offences on matchdays, including missile throwing, possession of illegal substances, and discrimination-based offences. Less serious offences merited less severe sanctions (such as written warnings) and in many cases no further action was required beyond the resolution provided on matchday.

All sanctions are issued in line with the Club’s published Sanctions and Banning policy, and the table below details the full range of final outcomes from all matchday reports received throughout the season.

Tackling discrimination - fan education

While incidents of discrimination in our stadium are thankfully rare, we will always seek to ensure that the perpetrators are identified and face accountability for their actions – including stadium bans and police referrals where appropriate.

While these outcomes undoubtedly play an important role in keeping discrimination out of our stadium, we also recognise that education has an important role to play in tackling the root causes of discrimination and eliminating it from our game full stop.

We therefore work closely with Kick It Out to deliver fan education sessions to supporters found to have engaged in any kind of discriminatory behaviour on matchdays. In 2025/26, sessions were also delivered to individuals who had posted discriminatory abuse online.

Participation in these sessions does not absolve the perpetrators of responsibility, and they still face serious sanctions. However, genuine remorse and positive engagement in a session – demonstrated by meaningful reflection on their actions and the impact they have had on others – may, where appropriate, influence the length of the ban.

We’re proud to continue our work with Kick It Out as we move into 2026/27, and reaffirm our commitment to tackling discrimination online, in our stadium and in our game.

That winger and Academy graduate was Andros Townsend, 19 at the time, who made a dream debut with a superb strike against The Addicks in the third round of the competition, a 3-0 win for us at the Lane.

After a few loan spells, Harry Redknapp handed Andros his debut and he delivered with a storming display and a goal to remember, picking the ball up centrally and driving home low from 30 yards to open the scoring after 49 minutes.

That triggered a match-winning spell of three goals in 11 minutes with Jermain Defoe at his best, two fine solo goals seeing us home.

Andros went on to make 93 appearances for us before departing for Newcastle in 2016 - his performances also earning an England call and 10 of his 13 caps won as a Spur.

As we welcome Charlton back to Tottenham for their first game at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in the second round of the Carabao Cup on Wednesday evening (7.45pm UK), here's a gallery of some previous meetings in N17 - photographs going all the way back to 1932...