Let's Talk Transfers Shall We

There is a lot that goes on during a transfer window, a lot you don't get to hear about, a lot of informal negotiating, a lot of talking, of sounding out players, a lot of evaluation, a lot of character research, a lot od cat-and-mouse negotiation where time can be your friend or your enemy, depending upon which side of the fence you are sitting on any particular deal.

It is an extremely busy time, like a swan slowly and gracefully gliding across the water while paddling furiously underneath.

Tottenham have held talks with Brighton and Hove Albion over the future of 22-year-old right-footed right winger Simon Adingra.

He has huge potential and is under contract until 2026 so his value is likely to go through the roof. This time next year he could be worth double his current £35m if he stayed at Brighton and has a good season.

Reports suggest a fee of around £35/40m + add-ons, but it's early stages and he isn't a definite target yet.

Spurs looked at 20-year-old Lyon attacking midfielder Rayan Cherki but the French club wanted a 30% sell-on clause in any deal, which we wouldn't entertain. We want to buy players, improve them and reap the rewards ourselves, not give them away to other clubs.

Will Lankshear can't be loaned out because he would lose club-trained status in the eyes of UEFA, hence he will remain at the club and it is Dane Scarlett that has gone out on loan for the season to Championship side Oxford United.

Tottenham offered €25m for Jonathan David who has turned down approaches from Roma and Chelsea. Lille are asking for €42m for a player with a year left on his contract,

He is another iron in the fire Tottenham have and thus there is a waiting game to see what time pressure does to all the clubs we have interests in.

An additional hurdle to overcome is his agent asking for at least €10m in fees.

Fans want to see Spurs jump and buy, but that isn't how a transfer window works. Football is a business, each club is a business and must financially operate in a business way.

You do deals that are financially right for you, you don't just splurge on every player you want.

Tottenham will be trying to sign Eberechi Eze again, late in the window where the hope is the £48.5m free Crystal Palace want in one payment with the rest structured will ease.

Irons in the fire for this position too!

Valencia midfielder André Almeida is another in the pot of players that interest us. The 24-year-old Portuguese international (8 caps) is a right-back. 

However, he is a Jorge Medes client and given he has just shafted us over Pedro Neto I'd give the deal a zero chance.

You have reporters, well Matt Law again I think, telling you that Fabio Paratici has not been involved in any in-going or out-going transfers at Spurs, which is largely, but not totally true.

He had a big hand in Emerson Royal moving to AC Milan.

Why is Sergio Reguilón still at Tottenham? 

Simple, the Spaniard is refusing to join any club that does not have UEFA Champions League football next season, but like last season Ange Postecoglou doesn't want him.

Yang Min-Hyuk was bought for £2 million. How quickly will he develop at Spurs? Perhaps he will be a benchmark for the new structure of Tottenham Academy in preparing players for first-team football.

At that price he looks like a no-brainer buy, it looks very difficult not to lose money on him and he could develop into a player worth tens of millions and make significant contributions.

Bournemouth wanted Djed Spence as part of the Dominic Solanke move, while Spurs offered them Sergio Reguilón, Manor Solomon and on loan Dane Scarlett and Alejo Véliz.

Tottenham were one of many clubs, including Liverpool, Brighton, Borussia Dortmund and Arsenal putting a proposal to 24-year-old right-footed Galatasaray and Turkiye international (20 caps) right winger Barış Alper Yılmaz, but he chose elsewhere.

While fans want us to buy for this season, Tottenham have to keep in mind Cristian Romero wants to join Real Madrid next summer, who were put off by the £150m quoted by Daniel Levy, but with only 2 years remaining on his existing deal and no chance of an extension being signed, Spurs have to sell or he goes cheap in the following window.

There is currently no chance he stays beyond his existing contract, why would he Real Madrid want him, the biggest club in the world.

In addition, Sonny will be 33 before next season and again should be sold to fund further rebuilding. Those two going would bring in £150m perhaps so cementing in a long-term winger to take over from Heung-min Son is seen as an important to embed them.

That'll do you for today.

Oh, almost forgot, expect to see Son, Solanke, Kulusevski starting on Monday night as our front three.

COYS