Levy to consider lucrative bid for £50m Spurs star who Frank wants to keep

Tottenham Hotspur are set for an important summer time switch window forward of Thomas Frank’s first full season answerable for the membership.

Spurs will completely have to bolster their younger and inexperienced squad as they gear up for Champions League soccer and the hectic fixture calendar that comes with it, following a 2024/2025 marketing campaign blighted by a plethora of accidents to key gamers.

Ange Postecoglou selected to throw all of his eggs into the Europa League basket, a call which in the end paid off, with the Australian ending Spurs’ 17-year look ahead to a significant trophy on a memorable night time in Bilbao final month.

Nevertheless, their dismal Premier League type, which noticed Tottenham file 22 top-flight defeats and a Seventeenth-place end, resulted in Postecoglou dropping his job and Frank coming into take over from the now-unemployed 59-year-old.

The Lilywhites are already working to again Frank with key additions to his new squad, with Spurs holding preliminary talks over signing Brentford star Bryan Mbeumo, a participant who the Dane is aware of very properly from their time collectively on the Gtech Group Stadium.

There are even reviews that Tottenham have made a £70 million provide for Mbeumo as they bid to hijack Man United’s deal for the Cameroonian (The Mirror), however that is but to achieve traction amongst different dependable media sources.

What’s confirmed is Spurs’ talks over signing Mathys Tel on a everlasting deal from Bayern Munich, with their sporting director, Max Eberl, telling Abendzeitung München that discussions are certainly ongoing.

Frank needs to maintain the Frenchman at N17, and the tactician may have a transparent concept of the opposite gamers he’d relatively maintain onto in his new position as Tottenham boss.

Cristian Romero has attracted critical curiosity from Atletico Madrid, and the Argentine could be a big loss for Frank, whereas uncertainty additionally surrounds the way forward for membership captain Son Heung-min.

Tottenham to think about “profitable” provide for Son Heung-min

The South Korean’s deal expires subsequent yr after Levy elected to set off the one-year extension clause in his phrases earlier this yr, however regardless of the little time remaining on his contract, it’s reported in Asia that Spurs’ chairman will demand as a lot as £50 million to promote Son this summer time.

Son is attracting curiosity from Saudi Arabia, who’ve reportedly held talks with the 32-year-old’s representatives, and journalist Pete O’Rourke has informed Soccer Insider that Levy will contemplate a “profitable provide” to promote the ahead.

“There’s potential one thing might occur early within the window,” he stated.

“There may be rising curiosity from the Saudi Professional League, and the South Korea worldwide is now going into the ultimate yr of his contract at Tottenham. If Tottenham are able to money in on Son, that is their final alternative to get a good charge for him.

“Thomas Frank will wish to have some say over what’s going to occur. He’s a legend at Tottenham, he’s been there for a decade now and he captained them to Europa League success.

“I feel, ideally, Frank wish to hold Son as a result of he doesn’t wish to lose his membership captain simply after taking on the brand new job. He nonetheless has one thing to supply Tottenham, but when a profitable provide does arrive it’s one thing they’ll contemplate as a consequence of his age and contract state of affairs.”

The previous Bayer Leverkusen star was a cut price signing from the Bundesliga this time 10 years in the past, and gifting the membership £50 million could be a super strategy to finish his lengthy tenure at Spurs, if Saudi sides determine they will stump up that degree of charge.

Son would additionally sign-off on his Tottenham profession after profitable a significant trophy, which might be a fairytale finish for him.