Tottenham are likely to be busy in the summer transfer window now it has reopened and they have a new head coach in place.
While many of Spurs’ Premier League rivals have already made their mark in the transfer market, the wait to see first if Ange Postecoglou would be sacked and then who would replace him in N17 meant Tottenham have been slow to get moving when it comes to signings.
Kevin Danso’s loan was made permanent, as per the Lilywhites’ obligation with Lens, while Mathys Tel’s loan from Bayern Munich was also made permanent after new head coach Thomas Frank’s input.
New signings may be few and far between but some players have already left the club. Alfie Whiteman, Fraser Forster and Sergio Reguilon departed at the end of their contracts in N17, while Timo Werner returned to RB Leipzig following the end of his loan spell.
But there was another confirmed departure in the club’s player update statement at the end of May when their retained list was announced – that of Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg.
Hojbjerg actually departed the club last summer, making the move to Marseille on loan for the season. But back in 2024, that loan deal had an obligation to buy attached to it.
Hojbjerg started 30 of Marseille’s 34 matches this season, playing the full 90 minutes in all but two of those. He scored two goals in the league, adding another in the French Cup, and laid on four assists.
He was a key cog in Robert de Zerbi’s side who finished as the best of the rest as runners-up to Paris Saint-Germain, qualifying for next season’s Champions League.
Hojbjerg was due to be out of contract at Spurs at the end of June, but in sending him on loan to Marseille, Tottenham negotiated a fee for the midfielder, with the French side due to pay £17million to sign the Dane permanently.
Tottenham had signed Hojbjerg from Southampton in 2020 in a £15million deal. The £17million sale, despite him coming to the end of his contract, is something of a masterstroke on Daniel Levy’s part, not only getting that much money for him, but also making a profit on the Danish midfielder.
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