Tottenham have finally made a good move in their talks with Sporting Lisbon to sign defender Pedro Poro.
The deal is now close to being finalized after intense talks and hopes are growing that the transfer will be completed for a fee in excess of £39m (€45m).
Porro flew to London on Tuesday morning and the deal could be completed soon, with the wing-back scheduled to undergo his Tottenham medical. last day.
Spurs are believed to be paying set-aside fees of £39m, which is the defender’s release clause.
Sporting’s Pedro Porro has been linked with Tottenham in this year’s Champions League.
Tottenham are giving up 15% of their transfer fee for Marcus Edwards, who moved from Tottenham to Portuguese football in 2019.
Edwards joined Vitoria de Gumares that year before moving to Sporting in January last year.
What is the latest?
Sky Sports News’ Michael Bridge reports live from Tottenham’s training ground on Tuesday morning:
“Spurs fans woke up to read ‘deal off’ yesterday. Wake up to ‘deal’ this morning!
“Tottenham were back in negotiations with Sporting all day yesterday. I understand Sporting moved the goalposts on Sunday evening when they thought Spurs had agreed a deal at the weekend.
“They have been reorganizing the fee structure and they have been reorganizing the fee for Marcus Edwards – a former Tottenham player at Sporting – to be sold if he leaves Sporting in the future.
“Porro flew to London at 3am this morning, so hopefully he will be a Spurs player in the next few hours.
“Right-back is a position that Antonio Conte has really been looking to strengthen. Emerson Royale and Matt Doherty have neither challenged that position and DJ Spence could go out on loan to Rene.”
Analysis: A major improvement in key areas
Sky Sports’ Nick Wright:
Antonio Conte’s preferred 3-4-2-1 system requires effective wing-backs, while Ivan Perisic has strengthened his left wing and neglected his right wing. until now.
Pedro Porro has scored nine goals and provided 13 assists in 67 Premier League games since joining from Girona in 2019 with Sporting Lisbon and is set to join Spurs as one of the youngest players in Europe.
He helped the Portuguese side to a league and cup double in his first season at the club and that success has allowed him to test himself against Champions League opposition this season, including Spurs, and Borussia Dortmund and Manchester City last season.
He has accepted that challenge and shown his ability to excel both in possession and off the ball, but it is his attacking threat that is key to his appeal to Conte and Spurs.
So far this season, Emerson Royal and Matt Doherty have made a total of 28 Premier League appearances between them, scoring two goals and assisting one.
The Brazilian has been first choice for most of the campaign and a closer look at his numbers further shows the difference between him and Porro.
Porro created seven times more chances per 90 minutes than Emerson and had higher numbers for assists, crosses, shots and successful dribbles. He represents a significant upgrade for the Spurs in a crucial position.
Spence joins Gilles Sevilla on loan from Rennes.
Rennes They are close to agreeing a deal with Tottenham to sign the right-back. Grandpa Spain.
The deal will be a direct loan with no option to buy.
Meanwhile, Spurs won Brian Gill He saw the loan move. Sevilla Confirmed before the due date.
Tottenham’s Bryan Gill has joined Sevilla on loan.
There is no option to buy, meaning the winger will return to Spurs in the summer where his contract runs until 2026. The 21-year-old joined Sevilla from La Liga club Tottenham in 2021 for a fee of £21.6m as part of a deal that included Erik Lamela’s move to Sevilla. However, Gil has only played 13 games for Spurs and spent last season on loan at Valencia.
The move comes after new winger Arnau Danjuma made his debut in Tottenham’s 3-0 win over Preston at the weekend.
Gil is upset with Danjuma’s arrival. He thought he had done enough to impress the managers in recent weeks with a fine performance in the 4-0 win over Crystal Palace earlier this month.
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