What do Tottenham need in the transfer window this summer? After showing promise that this could have been their year, especially in the FA Cup where they reached the semi-finals, Pochettino's team ultimately fell short once again - and they were way off a Premier League title challenge after two previous seasons of being in the running.To get more football news, you can visit shine news official website. After the last game, Pochettino said that he would sit down with chairman Daniel Levy and the club need to "take risks and be brave" if they want to join Europe's elite going into their new stadium - and he undoubtedly had the transfer market in mind.
Their plans will not be finalised until the outcome of these talks - the first round of which are understood to have gone well - but they also go into the window with the futures of a number of first-team players in doubt and the need to bring in top-quality replacements. Sky Sports News understands Tottenham's priorities for the window are a new central midfielder, another lateral forward to play behind Harry Kane and a left back, while they may also sign a new centre-back. This suggests the futures of Mousa Dembele, who has one year left on his contract and is a target for both Milan clubs and others in China, Danny Rose, who has hardly played all season, and Toby Alderweireld are in doubt going into the summer.
Sky Sports News were the first to report back in December that Spurs' new chief scout Steve Hitchen had begun the search for a long-term Dembele replacement, and his network have watched Inter Milan's Geoffrey Kondogbia on loan at Valencia, Watford's Abdoulaye Doucoure, Lille's Yves Bissouma and RB Salzburg's emerging star Amadou Haidara. Sky Sports News also reported in November that Fulham wonderkid Ryan Sessegnon is their top target for a new left-back/wing-back - and that has not changed - with Manchester United outcast Luke Shaw the second choice. They are also understood to be admirers of Kieran Tierney at Celtic, Porto's Alex Telles and Southampton's Ryan Bertrand.
Tottenham have so far failed to solve the problem of a serious back-up and competitor to Kane, with both Vincent Janssen, who has been on loan at Fenerbahce, and Fernando Llorente struggling to make an impact, so Pochettino is thought to want someone who can play anywhere across the forward line instead. They have long-standing interests in players like Wilfried Zaha and Anthony Martial, previously trying to sign both, and the promising Bordeaux attacker Malcom, whom they tried to get in January before signing Lucas Moura from Paris Saint-Germain. The issue for Levy and Pochettino, however, is that players of this calibre now come at a momentous cost and the club have a new £800m+ stadium to pay for.As far as a centre-back is concerned, Davinson Sanchez was signed for a club-record £38.4m from Ajax last summer very much with Alderweireld's contract issues in mind, and he is likely to be the Belgian's replacement should he ultimately leave the club. Spurs may then look to sign another young centre-half similar to Juan Foyth, whom they got from Estudiantes last summer, who can develop under Sanchez and Jan Vertonghen.
