Tottenham have been famously (or infamously) fairly considered with their spending underneath Daniel Levy – and once they have deigned to go massive on a signing, it has not at all times delivered the specified outcomes.
Spurs have had some success storied amongst their massive signings, however a variety of their greatest performers in latest instances have both been homegrown stars – most notably Harry Kane, who’s ranked at No.7 in FourFourTwo’s listing of one of the best Premier League strikers of all time – or astute bits of scouting secured for less-than-monstrous charges.
This is a have a look at the very patchy file Tottenham Hotspur have with their biggest-money signings.
Who’s Tottenham Hotspur’s costliest ever signing?
Richarlison had been Everton’s undisputed star for 4 years, hitting double figures for targets in every of his 4 seasons at Goodison Park. At 25 years previous in summer season 2022, he ought to have been simply hitting his peak.
Sadly for Tottenham, the Brazilian was unable to copy that type of kind in his first season on the membership, battling accidents and publicly falling out with Antonio Cotnte (which is not tough).
The Italian’s departure didn’t instantly assist, however after battling psychological well being points and extra accidents issues, Richarlison hit a quick run of wonderful kind that included 9 targets in simply eight Premier League video games. Since then, it has been fairly dry once more.
Who held the Tottenham Hotspur switch file earlier than Richarlison?
Ah, geez, it is Tanguy Ndombele, who for our cash (or fairly, for Tottenham’s) ranks as Spurs’ worst-ever signing.
Ndombele was presupposed to be the marquee signing of summer season 2019 following Spurs’ heartbreak within the Champions League last, however Mauricio Pochettino’s swift departure meant he shortly fell out of favour and ended up spending most of his city out of the facet or out on mortgage.
Dominic Solanke’s arrival in summer season 2024 equalled the quantity Spurs paid for Ndombele, however in fact Richarlison had already set the bar for the file that little bit greater.
Davinson Sanchez being the earlier membership file signing does not really feel an enormous quantity higher. He wasn’t on Ndombele ranges, in fact, however he was hardly Virgil van Dijk for the membership both, and spent a variety of his time on the membership going out and in of the facet.
The membership have breached the £40m mark ten instances, with Leeds United teenager Archie Grey the newest participant Spurs have splashed out a minimum of that determine to signal.
Being Tottenham, the total prime ten incorporates an actual combined bag of gamers who’ve been genuinely good investments, others who’ve been whole flops, and some who sit someplace in between.
Like a variety of the remainder of the Premier League, it is closely 2020s-centric, too, reflecting the massive inflation in switch charges over the previous 5 years or so.
