Antonio Conte will likely ring the changes in his first summer transfer window at Tottenham as he looks to build a team capable of challenging in the Premier League and Champions League. As well as signing players, he’ll need to find new homes for some of his current squad.
Conte arrived at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in November 2021 and quickly turned things around, leading Spurs to a fourth-placed league finish.
That guaranteed qualification for the Champions League and the financial boost that entails. As such, he’s now been offered a reported £150million transfer kitty to bring in players to strengthen Spurs’ first team.
Some players will need to be moved on to make space for those new recruits. And some players may want to leave for more game time elsewhere.
Here, we look at seven who could be deemed surplus to requirements by Conte this summer.
Tanguy Ndombele
Things have definitely not worked out as both parties would have hoped since Ndombele signed for Spurs for a club-record fee in 2019. While there have been flashes of the midfielder’s undoubted talent, they have been few and far between.
Lyon have the option to re-sign Ndombele permanently after his loan spell there in the second half of the 2021-22 campaign, but will reportedly not be taking it.
If he is to go, it will likely mean Spurs taking a significant financial hit on the £54million they paid for him. But we struggle to imagine a world in which Conte manages to integrate him into the Spurs squad, so it’s probably might be best for all concerned if Spurs just cut their losses now.
Sergio Reguilon
There was a lot of excitement when Reguilon joined from Real Madrid in September 2020 – and he’s performed well at times, in addition to being fun on Twitter.
When Conte arrived, he was first choice at left wing-back. But as time has worn on, it seems Conte has lost faith in the Spain international, with Ryan Sessegnon preferred in the left-sided role. With the arrival of Ivan…
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