{"id":394729,"date":"2026-08-25T13:03:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T13:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/394729\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T13:03:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T13:03:09","slug":"tottenham-transfer-spurs-turn-to-algerian-as-liverpool-rule-out-gakpo-transfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/394729\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham transfer: Spurs turn to Algerian as Liverpool rule out Gakpo transfer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/tottenham-hotspur\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tottenham<\/a> have joined the race to sign Marseille star Amine Gouiri as a deal for Cody Gakpo looks unlikely, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>Spurs have already signed Andy Robertson (free, Liverpool), Marcos Senesi (free, Bournemouth), Jan Paul van Hecke (\u00a352m, Brighton), Martin Dubravka (free, Burnley), Mateus Fernandes (\u00a385m, West Ham), Sandro Tonali (\u00a392.5m, Newcastle United) and Savinho (\u00a375m, Manchester City).<\/p>\n<p>Savinho\u2019s team-mate, Omar Marmoush, is also set to sign for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/tottenham-hotspur\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tottenham<\/a> as Roberto De Zerbi\u2019s side look to bring in more attackers before the transfer deadline.<\/p>\n<p>Their last top target is understood to be Netherlands international Gakpo but they are having some trouble convincing Liverpool to let him to leave.<\/p>\n<p>It has been widely reported that Liverpool could let Gakpo leave if they sign two wingers before the end of the transfer window, as confirmed by Fabrizio Romano.<\/p>\n<p>Romano said on his YouTube channel: \u201cThe meeting for Cody Gakpo took place, but do not forget that Tottenham have an agreement with the player.<\/p>\n<p>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/summer-2026-transfer-window-biggest-spenders-clubs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spurs break \u00a3300m mark in 10 biggest spenders of 2026 summer transfer window<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTottenham agreed personal terms with Gakpo. So now we have to see if Man City will be able to kind of hijack this agreement between Tottenham and Cody Gakpo on the contract and try to reach an agreement with Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut also do not forget that Liverpool are not selling Cody Gakpo until they get two wingers on the market. The top target is Bradley Barcola and then one more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/tottenham-gakpo-defining-blow-man-city-hijack\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TEAMtalk are reporting that<\/a> Liverpool are still ruling out a deal this summer, even if they sign two wingers, as they still need cover for Hugo Ekitike\u2019s injury.<\/p>\n<p>It is understood that Liverpool \u2018have no intention of allowing the Netherlands international to leave this summer\u2019 but could entertain a move in January.<\/p>\n<p>READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/opening-weekend-players-could-still-transfer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Five players who featured on the opening weekend but could still be on the move<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The report adds: \u2018The Dutchman is understood to be attracted to Tottenham because Spurs have given him assurances that he would be central to De Zerbi\u2019s plans, with the intention of using him predominantly as a No.9.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018However, Liverpool sources point to the weekend as further evidence of just how highly Iraola rates Gakpo, with the Spaniard impressed by his attitude and having now made it clear he wants to keep the Dutchman around irrespective of who else the Reds sign before the window slams shut.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Marseille man could be Gakpo alternative for Tottenham<\/p>\n<p>And now <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/sportwitness.co.uk\/threat-as-algerian-highly-regarded-by-tottenham-new-de-zerbi-target\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tuesday\u2019s print edition of Corriere dello Sport (via Sport Witness) has revealed that<\/a> Tottenham could hijack Napoli\u2019s move for Marseille left-winger Gouiri.<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham are presented as a \u2018threat\u2019 to the Serie A side\u2019s chances of landing the Algeria international \u2013 who is on Napoli sporting director Giovanni Manna\u2019s shortlist \u2013 with Gouiri \u2018highly regarded\u2019 by Spurs.<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/premier-league-winners-and-losers-matchday-one-man-utd-arsenal-spurs-de-zerbi-liverpool-isak-villa-maresca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Winners and Losers: Maresca leaves Man Utd, De Zerbi, Villa and Isak to join Arteta<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tottenham have joined the race to sign Marseille star Amine Gouiri as a deal for Cody Gakpo looks&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":394730,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[6],"tags":[390],"class_list":["post-394729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-algeria","tag-algeria"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@africa\/117156289099199608","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}