Things have gone quiet in the transfer market for Tottenham Hotspur but this week will start to bring natural changes to Thomas Frank's squad.
Spurs technical director Johan Lange has been attempting to secure signings for the new head coach but is yet to bring new faces through the door at Hotspur Way to put pen to paper. There will, however, be a string of signings that naturally take place on Tuesday this week to mark the start of July as player contracts, both incoming and outgoing, reach their final day on June 30.
That means Mathys Tel's transfer from Bayern Munich will become official, costing Spurs £29.8million (€35million), plus a potential further £4.2million (€5million) in add-ons.Kevin Danso's£21million move to Tottenham from Lens will also officially go through on Tuesday once his loan deal from the French club concludes at the end of Monday.
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There is also the arrival finally of Luka Vuskovic, who was signed from Hajduk Split back in 2023 but has had to wait two years and turning 18 before he could officially make the move to north London following loans in Poland and Belgium. Reports at the time put the overall package for the young Croatian centre-back at around £12million.
That means Tuesday marks roughly that start of a £63million outlay for the three new players for Frank. Of course in today's market, some Tottenham supporters will no doubt point out that some clubs have already paid out that amount on single players, let alone across three of them.
Spurs are yet to conclude the final details of a £5million deal for 20-year-old Japan international Kota Takai from Kawasaki Frontale and a seven-figure sum for Leeds United 16-year-old Oliver Boast could result in the teenager being announced within the latest academy intake this summer, as other such signings over the years have been.
It's not just players coming into the club, as Tuesday will mark the conclusion of various players' time in N17. Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg will officially join Marseille in a move that overall will have netted Spurs around £17million (€20million). Then there are players like Sergio Reguilon, Fraser Forster and Alfie Whiteman who no longer are employees of Tottenham once Tuesday ticks around. Timo Werner's loan deal also officially comes to an end and he will return to RB Leipzig.
So if we're taking Hojbjerg's £17million off the outlay then Tuesday brings the start of £46million in transfer funding for Tottenham, but far more is expected at a club that has Champions League football to contend with this coming season and a chairman in Daniel Levy who has made it clear that he expects Frank to compete on all fronts across this campaign.
All eyes are on what comes next at Spurs as the big clubs they expect to compete with, like their defeated Europa League opponents Manchester United as well as Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City have all moved forcefully and decisively in the transfer market already to ensure they have not sat still after last season.
By this stage Spurs had already signed James Maddison and Guglielmo Vicario ahead of Ange Postecoglou's first pre-season two years ago. Some decisions at Tottenham will be made after Frank starts working with his players towards the end of next week at Hotspur Way, but some areas of the squad that need strengthening are already clear. Tuesday's flurry of activity needs to mark the beginning of more successful forays into the market for the north London club.
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