Tottenham Hotspur haven’t had a good season by any means, but there have been some positives this term.
On their day, Spurs have shown they can beat anybody and, once they can sort their consistency out, they could well become a force to be reckoned with.
In addition, Tottenham have plenty of superb young players in their ranks who could potentially go on to form the spine of a future high-flying Spurs team.
Tottenham were the talk of the town in last February’s transfer deadline day as they signed Mathys Tel on loan from Bayern Munich.
Now, a report has named how much Spurs are reportedly hoping to pay Bayern to sign Tel permanently at the end of the season.
Tottenham would like to sign Mathys Tel for £30m
Tottenham feel they’re in a strong position to negotiate a lower fee with Bayern to make Tel’s loan move permanent this summer, according to GiveMeSport.
The original agreement between Tottenham and Bayern already contains an option to buy for around £42million.
However, Tottenham now feel they could try to negotiate a lower fee and would like to bring it down towards the £30million mark, according to the report.
It is expected that discussions with Bayern officials will be used to try to negotiate around the valuation, added the report.
Tottenham feel like Tel has integrated well at N17 and, crucially, they feel Bayern don’t necessarily have any plans to reintegrate him at the Allianz Arena.
Ange Postecoglou proven right about Mathys Tel
Back in March, Ange Postecoglou said Tel has “done as well as he possibly can” considering the circumstances at N17.
Postecoglou backed the ‘extraordinary’ Tel to flourish once the injury situation eased and once he can deploy him where he thinks he’ll be best – on the flanks.
“It’s fair to say we’ve put a lot on a very young player and introduced him to our league,” Postecoglou told reporters.
“I remember Lucas [Bergvall] was a similar one at the beginning of the year. He struggled a little bit in certain games, especially in Europe.
“He struggled a couple of times but over time we’ve seen him flourish.
“I’m sure once we can get Dom [Solanke] back in and hopefully Richy [Richarlison] not too far in the future, we can use him in the way we want to.”
Tel has indeed done well playing at left wing, putting in two solid performances in a row against Eintracht Frankfurt and Nottingham Forest.
Although Spurs aren’t doing well at present, Tel certainly looks like he can go on to become a star for the Lilywhites.
Tel has long been tipped for stardom – indeed, Julian Nagelsmann previously backed him to become a 40-goal-season player one day.
“He’s a very young, talented player who can play different positions… he’s very quick, strong with his body,” the Bundesliga website quoted Nagelsmann as saying.
“He’s good at defending the ball with his back towards the opponent’s goal… I have the vision that he could score 40 goals [in a season like Robert Lewandowski] one day in the future.”