Tottenham signed Brazilian winger, Savinho, from Manchester City yesterday for a reported initial fee of £75 million ($102 million) to take their overall outlay in the transfer market beyond £300 million this window.
The 22-year-old failed to establish himself as a first-team regular during two seasons at City.
But Spurs are hoping he can add pace and creativity to their attack after narrowly escaping relegation from the Premier League last season.
Roberto De Zerbi’s impact at the end of last season helped Spurs avoid dropping into the second tier of English football for the first time in 49 years.
But the Italian’s big spending revolution of the Tottenham squad got off to a miserable start in a 3-0 defeat to Brentford on the opening weekend of the Premier League season.
Savinho adds to the expensive arrivals of Mateus Fernandes, Sandro Tonali and Jan Paul van Hecke, while Marcos Senesi, Andy Robertson and Martin Dubravka have also joined on free transfers.
City could reportedly receive up to an extra £10 million in add-ons.
There is also likely to be further business between the two clubs with Egyptian forward Omar Marmoush also set to depart Manchester for north London before the end of the window next week.
Savinho joined from Troyes, one of a group of clubs controlled by City’s owners, for £30 million in 2024.
He rose to prominence during a blistering loan spell at another City Football Group club Girona, but has failed to recreate that form so far in England.
In 84 appearances, Savinho scored just seven times as City missed out on Premier League or Champions League glory in Pep Guardiola’s final two seasons in charge.-AFP
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