The latest transfer news and gossip on the players linked with Tottenham – and those who could leave the club.
Confirmed Tottenham signings
Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg – Tottenham have completed the signing of Hojbjerg from Southampton on a five-year contract, joining for a fee of around £15m plus bonuses.
Joe Hart – Tottenham have completed the signing of goalkeeper Hart on a free transfer.
The latest players linked with a move to Tottenham…
Gareth Bale – Jose Mourinho is prepared to offer the Welshman a route out of Real Madrid and wants to bring him back to the Premier League (Cuatro, August 20)
Callum Wilson – Bournemouth will not let England international Wilson leave on the cheap despite interest from Tottenham (Daily Mail, August 19)
Lewis Dunk – Tottenham are interested in the Seagulls skipper (The Sun, August 16).
Pervis Estupinan – The Watford left back is wanted by Tottenham and rated at £15m – even though he has never kicked a ball for the Hornets (Mirror, August 16); Chelsea, Tottenham and Barcelona have all been looking at Watford youngster Estupinan (Daily Express, August 9).
Ainsley Maitland-Niles – Tottenham are eyeing a shock move for Arsenal academy graduate Maitland-Niles after he was told he was free to leave the Emirates this summer (Daily Star, August 9)
Callum Wilson – Tottenham will turn their attention to the Bournemouth striker after finally sealing a deal for Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (Daily Star, August 7); Tottenham are interested in the 28-year-old Bournemouth striker (Sky Sports News, July 29); Tottenham are heading the hunt for England striker – if Bournemouth are relegated (Sun, July 26).
Said Benrahma – Tottenham are set to enter the race for Brentford’s £16m forward with the Bees set to break up their famed BMW strike force (Mirror, August 6).
Troy Deeney – Tottenham have been offered the chance to sign the Watford striker (Mail On Sunday, August 2).
David Brooks – Relegated Bournemouth plan to do everything possible to keep the midfielder – amid growing interest from Tottenham, Everton and West Ham. (Daily Star Sunday, August 2).
Dean Henderson – Tottenham may try to hijack Chelsea’s potential move for the Manchester United goalkeeper (Daily Express, July 29).
Philippe Coutinho – Tottenham are leading the race for the Brazilian right now over the likes of Arsenal, Chelsea and Leicester (Mail, August 3); Tottenham, Arsenal and Leicester are all options for the Barcelona and Brazil midfielder (Sport, July 29); Barcelona are ready to pay for a portion of Coutinho’s wages for him to move back to England or stay at Bayern Munich (Daily Telegraph, June 13); Tottenham have reportedly decided to end their interest in Coutinho – because of his massive salary. Jose Mourinho is worried the move would cause unwanted unrest among his Spurs squad due to the midfielder’s large salary (Daily Star, June 4).
Nicolo Zaniolo – Spurs are tracking the Roma midfielder ahead of a potential approach this summer (Guardian, July 24).
Zeki Celik – Tottenham face competition from Everton for one of Jose Mourinho’s preferred summer recruits: the Turkey full-back (Times, Aug 3).
Confirmed Tottenham departures
Jan Vertonghen and Michel Vorm – Tottenham have confirmed Jan Vertonghen and Michel Vorm have left the club following the expiry of their contracts.
Kyle Walker-Peters – The full-back has signed a permanent five-year deal at Southampton after spending the second half of last season on loan with the club.
Harry Winks – Man City are lining up a shock £40m bid for the Spurs midfielder with Jose Mourinho willing to sell (The Sun, August 14); Spurs’ pursuit of Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg has plunged the England midfielder’s future at the club into doubt (Mirror, July 19).
Ryan Sessegnon – Newcastle will offer the left back a way out of his Tottenham limbo as Steve Bruce pursues a plan to buy British (The Sun, August 11); Ajax want to take Sessegnon on loan and have asked Tottenham whether the England Under-21 winger will be made available next season (Daily Telegraph, August 8); Tottenham will reject all offers for English wing-back Ryan Sessegnon this summer despite interest from Barcelona in the 20-year-old (Daily Star, July 12).
Tanguy Ndombele – Tottenham have not rekindled talks with Inter Milan over Ndombele (Daily Mail, August 4); The midfielder wants to join Inter Milan but Spurs are reluctant to let him go (Mirror, August 1). Inter Milan are interested in signing midfielder Ndombele from Tottenham. Sky in Italy say the Serie A side have made initial contact with Spurs over a potential deal for the 23-year-old Frenchman (Sky Sports, July 30).
Juan Foyth – Tottenham are willing to sell Serge Aurier or Juan Foyth to help fund a move to sign Lille right-back Zeki Celik (Daily Telegraph, August 8); Leeds are interested in signing the Tottenham defender (Daily Star, August 6); Newly promoted Leeds are lining up a £15m bid for Spurs’ Argentine defender (The Sun, July 29).
Kaziah Sterling – Recent Sunderland loanee Sterling is free to leave Tottenham this summer (Shield Gazette, June 28).
Harry Kane – Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho has been informed by chairman Daniel Levy that he will not have to sell Kane this summer (Daily Mail, July 25); Jose Mourinho gave an impassioned defence of his influence on strikers amid criticism that his playing style will not bring out the best of Kane (Sky Sports, June 23).
Serge Aurier – Spurs are ready to sell their £35m-rated right back, with AC Milan and Monaco both interested in the 27-year-old Ivory Coast international (Mirror, August 6); AC Milan are interested in signing the Tottenham defender if they lose either of their right backs this summer (Sky Sports, August 1)
