Tottenham will need to use the summer transfer window to start building a squad to help new head coach Thomas Frank compete on all fronts with the Champions League on the table this season.
The Dane will begin meeting his Spurs players on Saturday as some of them start returning for pre-season testing at Hotspur Way before hitting the pitches with the 51-year-old and his staff. Many of the international players will return to the Enfield training complex next week and that will give Frank more of a sense of which players he wants to keep and what areas of his squad need strengthening in the transfer market.
Technical director Johan Lange will need to get those deals across the line to build a squad capable of handling all four competitions including the world’s toughest one with the Champions League. A couple of loans have been made permanent already for around £51million and some senior players have left the club on the expiry of their contracts. Japan international centre-back Kota Takai is set to join Spurs in the coming week in a £5million deal from Kawasaki Frontale.
There have also been ins and outs of Wayne Burnett’s U21s squad, with the signing of Max McFadden announced on Friday evening, while Oliver Boast is set to join the U18s from Leeds United.
With all of that in mind, football.london has taken a closer look at all the transfers completed by Tottenham for their first team and U21s so far this summer, including one deal agreed two years ago that only officially went through this week.
Tottenham transfers (In):
Mathys Tel (Bayern Munich) – £29.8million
Kevin Danso (Lens) – £21million
Luka Vuskovic (Hajduk Split) – £12million
U21s
Max McFadden – Free agent
Tottenham transfers (Out):
Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (Marseille) – £17million
Timo Werner – End of loan
Fraser Forster – End of contract
Sergio Reguilon – End of contract
Alfie Whiteman – End of contract
U21s
Will Andiyapan – End of contract
Archie Baptiste – End of contract
Jahziah Linton – End of contract
Maxwell McKnight – End of contract
Max Robson – End of contract
Jaden Williams – End of contract
Elliot Krasniqi – – End of contract
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