New coach Thomas Frank wants more options in midfield, so Tottenham hopes to successfully recruit Joao Palhinha from Bayern Munich.
According to the British and German press, all negotiations took place relatively smoothly and Spurs have reached personal agreement with Palhinha. If nothing changes at the last minute, the Portuguese midfielder will join the London team on a 1 -year loan from Bayern Munich with the terms of purchase at the end of the season.
Palhinha to the Allianz Arena Summer 2024 from Fulham with a transfer fee of up to 47.4 million pounds. However, this 30 -year -old rarely played the play under coach Vincent Kompany. Therefore, he really wants to leave to find more time to play, especially to return to the Premier League.
For his part, the new coach of Spurs, Thomas Frank, wants to have Palhinha to add more options in the central midfielder position. It is known that when the rooster reached an individual agreement with Palhinha, Bayern's approval of the Portuguese midfielder was just a matter of time.
Tottenham defeated Arsenal with a score of 1-0 in a friendly match at Hong Kong's Kai Tak Stadium on Thursday evening in the first North London derby held abroad thanks to the long shot by Pape Matar Sarr. Signing a contract with Palhinha will surely bring essential experience in the central midfielder position because he played nearly 80 times in the Premier League in two seasons in Fulham after moving from Sporting Lisbon.
Earlier, Spurs signed a contract with Mathys Tel from Bayern Munich this summer for about £ 30 million after the French player spent the second half of last season on a loan in North London. They also recruited Mohammed Kudus from West Ham, but failed to pursue Nottingham's Morgan Gibbs-White. And now, they are about to have Palhinha with the ambition to play well in both the Premier League and the Champions League next season.