Tottenham have been famously (or infamously) moderately considered with their spending below Daniel Levy – and once they have deigned to go large on a signing, it has not all the time delivered the specified outcomes.
Spurs have had some success storied amongst their large signings, however a whole lot of their finest 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 report Tottenham Hotspur have with their biggest-money signings.
Who’s Tottenham Hotspur’s most costly ever signing?
Richarlison arrived at Spurs from Everton (Picture credit score: Getty Pictures)
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 time 2022, he ought to have been simply hitting his peak.
Sadly for Tottenham, the Brazilian was unable to duplicate that form of kind in his first season on the membership, fighting accidents and publicly falling out with Antonio Cotnte (which is not troublesome).
The Italian’s departure didn’t instantly assist, however after fighting psychological well being points and extra accidents issues, Richarlison hit a short 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 report earlier than Richarlison?
Tanguy Ndombele did not dwell as much as his price ticket at Tottenham
Ah, geez, it is Tanguy Ndombele, who for our cash (or moderately, for Tottenham’s) ranks as Spurs’ worst-ever signing.
Ndombele was imagined to be the marquee signing of summer time 2019 following Spurs’ heartbreak within the Champions League closing, however Mauricio Pochettino’s swift departure meant he rapidly 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 time 2024 equalled the quantity Spurs paid for Ndombele, however after all Richarlison had already set the bar for the report that little bit greater.
Davinson Sanchez being the earlier membership report signing would not really feel an enormous quantity higher. He wasn’t on Ndombele ranges, after all, however he was hardly Virgil van Dijk for the membership both, and spent a whole lot 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 most recent participant Spurs have splashed out not less than that determine to signal.
Being Tottenham, the complete high ten accommodates an actual blended bag of gamers who’ve been genuinely good investments, others who’ve been complete flops, and some who sit someplace in between.
Like a whole lot of the remainder of the Premier League, it is closely 2020s-centric, too, reflecting the large inflation in switch charges over the previous 5 years or so.
Tottenham Hotspur’s high ten most costly gamers of all time
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Participant
Price
12 months
Signed from
Richarlison
£60m
2022
Everton
Dominic Solanke
£55m
2024
Bournemouth
Tanguy Ndombele
£55m
2019
Lyon
Brennan Johnson
£45m
2023
Nottingham Forest
Cristian Romero
£44m
2022
Atalanta
Micky van de Ven
£43m
2023
Wolfsburg
Davinson Sanchez
£42m
2017
Ajax
Archie Grey
£40m
2024
Leeds United
Pedro Porro
£40m
2023
Sporting
James Maddison
£40m
2023
Leicester Metropolis
