{"id":467804,"date":"2026-05-26T13:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T13:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/467804\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T13:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T13:08:09","slug":"tottenham-transfers-de-zerbi-orders-record-breaking-man-city-raid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/467804\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham transfers: De Zerbi orders record-breaking Man City raid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tottenham have launched an attempt to break their transfer record by signing a Manchester City forward, and Fabrizio Romano has declared \u2018he will be a Spurs player\u2019 if a club-to-club agreement is struck.<\/p>\n<p>Major changes to Tottenham\u2019s squad are on the horizon, with the club well aware back-to-back 17th-placed finishes are unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/tottenham-hotspur\/spurs-stunned-juventus-hijack-agreed-roberto-de-zerbi-signing-andy-robertson-liverpool\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Juventus are attempting to hijack Tottenham\u2019s move for Liverpool left-back, Andy Robertson<\/a>. But for now, Spurs are still viewed as frontrunners for the veteran defender.<\/p>\n<p>As with Robertson, Spurs have also<a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/news\/spurs-beat-liverpool-argentina-international-marcos-senesi-verbal-agreement-struck\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> agreed a deal in principle to sign Bournemouth centre-back, Marcos Senesi<\/a>. Both players would arrive as free agents.<\/p>\n<p>As such, there\u2019ll be plenty of money left over for other signings, and according to transfer guru Romano, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/tottenham-hotspur\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tottenham<\/a> are going all out for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/manchester-city\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man City<\/a> winger, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/tag\/savinho\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Savinho<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Spurs attempted to sign the Brazilian left-footer last summer and tabled two official bids. Reports at the time claimed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/tottenham-hotspur\/savinho-tottenham-new-bid-manchester-city\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the biggest of those offers totalled \u20ac80m \/ roughly \u00a370m<\/a>, which would have made Savinho Tottenham\u2019s record signing.<\/p>\n<p>As it stands, Dominic Solnake by way of his \u00a365m (\u00a355m plus \u00a310m in add-ons) arrival from Bournemouth holds that mantle.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/2059152803696930893\" target=\"_blank\">Romano declared on X<\/a> that Spurs have now \u2018reactivated talks\u2019 to bring Savinho to north London. The move is being driven in part by manager<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/tag\/roberto-de-zerbi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> De Zerbi<\/a>, and Savinho will say yes to the move if the clubs agree a fee.<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham launch record-breaking Savinho move<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKeep an eye on Tottenham and Savinho,\u201d added Romano when providing a more detailed update on his <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=p3PgJXlV4gE\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube channel<\/a>. \u201cLast summer they wanted to go all in for Savinho. They sent two officials bids to Man City, but City decided not to proceed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a story from August 2025. City were considering going for Rodrygo from Real Madrid and letting Savinho go to Tottenham.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen the Rodrygo deal was not possible and also City decided to trust Savinho, so they decided to offer him a new contract and in September he put pen to paper.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut this season for Savinho at Man City has not been easy. He wants to play regularly and now Spurs are prepared to go for it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRoberto De Zerbi and people at Tottenham want Savinho, and so they\u2019re prepared to re-open negotiations with Manchester City.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MORE TOTTENHAM COVERAGE ON F365\u2026<br \/>* <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/premier-league-season-losers-slot-howe-sack-west-ham\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">West Ham, Spurs, Chelsea, Newcastle and Slot among the Premier League 25\/26 season losers<\/a><br \/>*\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/spurs-never-again-action-plan-de-zerbi-romero-van-de-ven\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tottenham\u2019s \u2018Never Again\u2019 Action Plan \u2013 who\u2019s in, who\u2019s out, and who stays for the De Zerbi revolution?<\/a><br \/>* <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/maddison-calls-for-tottenham-investigation-into-astronomical-problem-thats-just-a-fact\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maddison calls for Tottenham investigation into \u2018astronomical\u2019 problem \u2013 \u2018That\u2019s just a fact\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Savinho will say yes to Spurs<\/p>\n<p>Romano went on to note Tottenham could face competition for Savinho\u2019s signature from Newcastle.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, Spurs aren\u2019t waiting around to find out how serious Newcastle are and are will now attempt to make a breakthrough in club-to-club talks with City.<\/p>\n<p>And crucially for Tottenham, Romano then noted Savinho was open to joining Spurs when his future was up in the air last summer. Agreeing personal terms should therefore not be an issue this time around either.<\/p>\n<p>He concluded: \u201cIf this summer Tottenham and City reach an agreement, Savinho will be a Spurs player because he\u2019s quite open to the move, even without European football.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DON\u2019T MISS:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/three-reasons-why-everyone-hates-threatening-arsenal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Three reasons why everyone hates \u2018threatening\u2019 Arsenal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tottenham have launched an attempt to break their transfer record by signing a Manchester City forward, and Fabrizio&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":467805,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[914,42,1100,8579,43,1102,96371,202195,40,38,41,39,3568],"class_list":["post-467804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-front-page","tag-headlines","tag-home-page","tag-manchester-city","tag-news","tag-premier-league","tag-roberto-de-zerbi","tag-savinho","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-tottenham-hotspur"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=467804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/467805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=467804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=467804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=467804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}