{"id":57893,"date":"2026-06-07T16:00:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T16:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/57893\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T16:00:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T16:00:34","slug":"tottenham-transfer-news-50m-attacker-ready-to-move-to-london-as-man-city-consider-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/57893\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham transfer news: \u00a350m attacker &#8216;ready&#8217; to move to London as Man City consider sale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/spurs\/\" title=\"Tottenham Hotspur\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tottenham Hotspur<\/a> are reportedly preparing a move for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/man-city\/\" title=\"Manchester City\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester City<\/a> winger Savinho after securing a deal to sign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/andrew-robertson\/\" title=\"Andrew Robertson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andrew Robertson<\/a> on a free transfer.<\/p>\n<p>Spurs are expected to undergo a significant rebuild under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/roberto-de-zerbi\/\" title=\"Roberto De Zerbi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Roberto De Zerbi<\/a> after narrowly avoiding relegation last season, and strengthening the attacking department has emerged as one of the club&#8217;s key priorities.<\/p>\n<p>The North London outfit were keen on Savinho last summer, only for Pep Guardiola to convince the Brazilian that he remained an important part of Manchester City&#8217;s long-term plans.<\/p>\n<p>However, the landscape has changed considerably in the past 12 months, with the arrival of Antoine Semenyo pushing Savinho further down the pecking order at the Etihad Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Savinho fancies move to Tottenham?\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" data-img-id=\"156291\" class=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/https:\/\/sportsmole-media-prod.s3.gra.io.cloud.ovh.net\/uploads\/2026\/01\/every-second-media-manchester-.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Imago \/ Every Second Media<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/football\/transfer-news\/tottenham-set-summer-spending-spree-37257663\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Mirror<\/a>,\u00a0Savinho is open to a move to North London, leaving Tottenham with the task of reaching an agreement with Manchester City.<\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian has reportedly grown <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/spurs\/transfer-talk\/news\/ruthless-rebuild-de-zerbi-eyes-gbp60m-signing-to-start-overhaul_598203.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">frustrated by his lack of regular opportunities<\/a>, although injuries and fierce competition for places have also contributed to his limited involvement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2YQ3hP_thYo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a> has suggested that Savinho was attracted by Tottenham&#8217;s project last summer, and the 22-year-old is understood to have retained that enthusiasm despite the club&#8217;s difficult campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Personal terms are therefore unlikely to present a major obstacle should Spurs decide to accelerate their pursuit in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Savinho remains contracted to Manchester City until 2030, but a fee in the region of \u00a350m is thought to be enough to tempt the Premier League giants into negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>Xavi Simons teased Tottenham fans with recent post\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" data-img-id=\"152451\" class=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/https:\/\/sportsmole-media-prod.s3.gra.io.cloud.ovh.net\/uploads\/2025\/09\/aaa-sav-68d6a9ac09528731414166.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Imago<\/p>\n<p>Newcastle United are also credited with an interest in the winger, although Tottenham are currently viewed as the frontrunners in the race for his signature.<\/p>\n<p>Speculation surrounding Savinho&#8217;s future intensified recently when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/spurs\/transfer-talk\/news\/agent-xavi-spurs-star-drops-hint-over-gbp60m-transfer_598588.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Xavi Simons shared an old photograph<\/a> of the pair together on social media while continuing his recovery from the anterior cruciate ligament injury that ruled him out of the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>The two attackers enjoyed a close relationship during their time together at PSV Eindhoven, and Tottenham supporters were quick to interpret the post as a potential hint towards a future reunion.<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham are also believed to have reached an agreement in principle for Argentina defender <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/marcos-senesi\/\" title=\"Marcos Senesi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marcos Senesi<\/a>, while Brighton &amp; Hove Albion centre-back Jan Paul van Hecke remains another player of interest as De Zerbi&#8217;s rebuild gathers momentum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tottenham Hotspur are reportedly preparing a move for Manchester City winger Savinho after securing a deal to sign&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57894,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[26],"tags":[2919,28220,578,4453,28219,27,16251,10232,579,4698,771,28221,17548,4041],"class_list":["post-57893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-london","tag-cycling","tag-epl","tag-football","tag-formula-1","tag-golf","tag-london","tag-nfl","tag-olympics","tag-premier-league","tag-rugby","tag-sport","tag-sports-mole","tag-teams","tag-tennis"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116709662840280496","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}