Summer clear-out expected at Tottenham

There is expected to be a summer clear-out at Tottenham, with the club needing to sell players to reinvest in the transfer market.

With their finances heavily hit, like all their competitors, by the impact of the Covid pandemic, Jose Mourinho has been told that he must first sell before he can buy.

And that may mean that six players or more will be allowed to leave the club this summer. They include Danny Rose whose contract ends this summer, and Gareth Bale whose will be heading back to Real Madrid.

Another loanee, Carlos Vinicius, will be returning to Benfica, because Spurs are unwilling to trigger his £36 million option to buy.

Meanwhile the futures of Serge Aurier, Erik Lamela, Hugo Lloris and Juan Foyth are all in doubt.

There are also question marks whether harry Winks and Dele Ali will both be at the club next season.

Who they target in the transfer window may well be determined by much they can raise through sales.

Andy Dalziel

Andy is an exiled English football fan living in Cyprus. He loves all sports but football is his abiding passion, and he still has dreams every now and then about scoring the winning goal in a Wembley Cup Final, even though his playing days are long gone. He follows most major leagues, across Europe at least, and has a favoured team in each. When he’s not watching, listening, reading or downloading podcasts about football, he spend his time worrying about his beloved Arsenal.