Tottenham Near £60m Savinho Signing as De Zerbi's Attack Takes Shape
Tottenham are edging towards the signing that would define their summer. Savinho, the £60 million Brazilian winger on Manchester City’s books, is now within reach, with Spurs understood to be close to a full agreement for De Zerbi’s primary attacking target.
This is not a speculative flirtation. Savinho has been at the top of Tottenham’s list for months, a long-term obsession rather than a late-window scramble. Other names have been studied – Liverpool’s Cody Gakpo among them – but each time the discussion circled back to the same conclusion: De Zerbi wants Savinho.
A summer of heavy spending
Tottentham have already torn up their own financial script in this window. Sandro Tonali, Matheus Fernandes, Jan Paul van Hecke: three signings that would usually headline a summer on their own. Together, they mark a decisive shift in ambition.
The numbers are stark. Around £230 million has already been committed. Add Savinho at £60m and Spurs crash through the £300m barrier, a figure that would once have felt utterly out of character for the North London club.
This is not just squad building. It is a statement. It heaps expectation on De Zerbi before a ball has been kicked. With that level of backing, patience will be thin. The demand will be clear: close the gap on the Premier League’s elite, and do it quickly.
City’s delay, Spurs’ wait
For now, the move sits in a holding pattern. Not because of Tottenham’s reluctance, but because of City’s caution.
City are yet to give the final green light. Their stance is simple: no exit until a suitable replacement is lined up. The champions are not prepared to weaken their own options out wide without a clear plan for who comes in next. Until they identify and secure that incoming winger, Savinho remains a City player in name, if not in the long-term picture.
So Tottenham wait. The framework is there, the intent is obvious, but the timing rests in Manchester.
Romano’s verdict on Savinho priority
Transfer specialist Fabrizio Romano has underlined just how central Savinho is to Spurs’ plans. Speaking on the state of play, he stressed that the Brazilian is not just one of several options, but the option.
“The priority, the number one, two, and three target remains Savinho,” Romano said, adding that he believes the winger has “very, very good chances” of joining Tottenham by the end of the summer window. He does not anticipate late drama or a shock twist away from the deal.
Inside the club, that aligns with the mood. The focus is not on finding an alternative. It is on getting this specific transfer over the line.
Pressure and promise
If Tottenham do finalise the £60m move, it will complete one of the boldest single-window attacking rebuilds in the Premier League. It would also shift the pressure squarely onto De Zerbi’s shoulders.
A manager backed to this extent cannot aim for gradual evolution. He will be expected to deliver a side that not only plays with his trademark intensity and technical precision, but also stands toe-to-toe with the established powers at the top of the table.
For now, everything hinges on City’s search for their own winger. Once they find their answer, Tottenham expect to get theirs. And if that answer is Savinho in a Spurs shirt, the expectations around what comes next will be impossible to ignore.
