{"id":505097,"date":"2026-06-17T23:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T23:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/505097\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T23:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T23:40:08","slug":"sandro-tonali-spurs-join-clubs-interested-in-newcastle-midfielder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/505097\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandro Tonali: Spurs join clubs interested in Newcastle midfielder"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Ciaran Kelly, Newcastle United<\/a> reporter<\/p>\n

Newcastle<\/a> may have finished above Tottenham<\/a> in the Premier League in three of the last four seasons.<\/p>\n

However, Spurs are still a long way clear of Newcastle<\/a> in the revenue table thanks to substantial off-field income streams, which have offset difficult league campaigns.<\/p>\n

In the respective clubs’ most recent financial accounts, the Londoners generated \u00a3230m more in revenue than Newcastle<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Spurs are now looking to make the most of such headroom by raising their salary ceiling.<\/p>\n

In an interview with BBC Sport,<\/a> in May, the club’s chief executive Vinai Venkatesham confirmed the change in approach and said they needed “experience, leadership and also that kind of physical robustness”.<\/p>\n

Tonali fits this description on his day.<\/p>\n

His technical qualities are well-known, but in 2024-25 – his best league campaign for Newcastle<\/a> – he also tirelessly won possession back in midfield on 109 occasions, made 34 interceptions and applied 1,308 high pressure movements.<\/p>\n

No wonder even his usually measured head coach Eddie Howe once said he “fell in love” with this all-rounder when he first watched him play.<\/p>\n

Howe would ideally not want to lose players like Tonali, Gordon or Alexander Isak for that matter, who joined Liverpool<\/a> for a British record \u00a3125m last summer.<\/p>\n

But Newcastle<\/a> are having to become better sellers and plan accordingly as part of the club’s rebuild.<\/p>\n

If a huge offer of up to \u00a3100m is eventually made by one of Tonali’s suitors, it may be tempting to cash in on a player whose form has noticeably dipped.<\/p>\n

However, at this early stage of the window, that remains a big if.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Ciaran Kelly, Newcastle United reporter Newcastle may have finished above Tottenham in the Premier League in three…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":505098,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-505097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505097","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=505097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}