Football General Manager
- Spurs interested in Bayern midfielder
- Believe agreement can be reached
- May have to sell midfielder first
Per the Telegraph, Spurs are interested in signing Palhinha this summer. The north London club are working on a deal to sign the Portugal international, who only moved to Bayern from Fulham last summer. The newspaper quotes sources who claim that there is a belief Spurs can reach an agreement to land the midfielder, who made just six starts last season.
Spurs head on their tour of Asia on Sunday and any interest is not expected to be formalised before then. Spurs would rather sell a midfielder before recruiting Palhinha and Yves Bissouma is seen as the most likely to leave, given that his contract expires next summer.
Palhinha is 30 and falls outside of Spurs’ usual recruitment profile; the club have not signed a player aged 30 or older for a transfer fee since they acquired Fernando Llorente from Swansea City in 2017. They have signed Mohammed Kudus and Kota Takai this summer, as well as confirming the permanent signings of Kevin Danso, Luka Vuskovic, and Mathys Tel. They have also triggered Morgan Gibbs-White’s £60 million ($81m) release clause but Nottingham Forest are attempting to block the deal.
Spurs have two friendlies to take part in on Saturday; they play Wycombe Wanderers in a friendly at their Hotspur Way training ground, before playing Luton Town at Kenilworth Road later that day.
