It's been a horrible season for Tottenham, and manager Ange Postecoglou won't be the only big name looking for a new job by the end of it. Spurs are buried in the bottom five of the Premier League table because of a combination of horrible coaching and unbridled incompetence on the pitch, including from some notable players who will need to be replaced this summer.
But those hoping for a big transfer window from Tottenham may be disappointed, because the recent investments that haven't paid off have reportedly left Spurs, per the Telegraph's Matt Law, in a 279 million pound hole of debt that will likely need to be filled before the club can make substantial signings.
Tottenham will have to fill that hole with sales, and Law says more players could end up being on the chopping block because of this reality. He specifically names striker Richarlison, center back Cristian Romero, and center midfielder Yves Bissouma as three high-profile players who could be sacrificed on the transfer market this summer.
Yves Bissouma and Cristian Romero are as good as gone
Of the three, Bissouma is the most obvious choice to let go from a pure footballing standpoint. He offers no creativity and hasn't taken off since joining Tottenham. His minutes have already been phased to a rotational role in the 2024/25 campaign.
Cristian Romero is one of the best players on the team, but he is openly not interested in staying at the club and has significant interest from Atletico Madrid in his dream league of LaLiga. He's even reportedly agreed to join Atleti already, so Romero could be the most substantiative sale for Spurs this summer.
Richarlison is where it gets tricky. The Brazilian international, on the one hand, is an injury-prone 27-year-old who has only started three games in the Premier League season with four goals to his name. But on the other hand, those four goals are all within his last few appearances and he is very much Spurs most talented striker. You can argue that he's the only true talent that Spurs have at the position, given Dominic Solanke is more of an all-around type and not a prime scoring threat.