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Football Manager 2024 predicts how the January transfer window could play out for Spurs.
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This season has been one of contrasting fortunes for Ange Postecoglou and his Tottenham Hotspur squad after they claimed some eye-catching wins and suffered a number of demoralising defeats.
That all came on the back of a hectic summer transfer window as the former Celtic boss looked to put him own stamp on his squad in a bid to guide Spurs to some long-awaited success. There were departures as defensive duo Emerson Royal and Joe Rodon and midfielders Oliver Skipp and Giovani Lo Celso all left the club as their sales raked in around £40m.
Five players left the club on free transfers when their current contracts came to an end and the likes of Manor Solomon, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and Bryan Gil were granted season-long loan departures.
Spurs will be keen to add to their squad after seeing it decimated by injuries during the form half of the season and have already been linked with a number of big names - but what business could they conduct in the first month of the new year. We fired up Football Manager 2024, updated the Spurs squad to its present form and allowed the world’s most popular managerial simulation to predict what could lie ahead for Postecoglou and his players.
January departures
Spurs moved to avoid losing several players on free transfers by authorising a number of outgoing transfers in January. Firstly, defensive duo Ben Davies and Sergio Reguillon were both allowed to join Leicester City in deals that raked in a combined income of £11m.
Backup goalkeeper Alfie Whiteman’s time at Spurs effectively came to an end after he joined Scottish giants Rangers on loan and Yves Bissouma proved to be the big departure from Spurs as he moved to Saudi Arabian Pro League club Al Shabab in a £29m deal as he entered the final six months of his current deal. However, there were two players that extended their time at Spurs....and they will head up the next section of this roundup.
January signings
The big news to come out of Spurs during the first month of the new year was that influential forward Son Heung-min had agreed to remain with the club after he penned a two-year extension to his current deal that was originally set to come to a close at the end of the season.
Veteran goalkeeper Fraser Forster also agreed a new deal that will keep him at Spurs until the end of next season. There were also two new arrivals and it will come as no surprise to discover they came at either end of the pitch as Bayer Leverkusen defender Jonathan Tah joined in a £22m deal and former Fulham striker Aleksandar Mitrovic was tempted back to the Premier League after Spurs agreed an £19m deal with Saudi club Al-Hilal.
What happened next?
Honestly, not a lot! Spurs saw their FA Cup run come to an end in the fourth round after they were given a somewhat cruel away tie at Liverpool. Despite Mitrovic putting Postecoglou’s side in front with his first goal for the club, Liverpool roared back as braces from Mo Salah and Darwin Nunez ensured thoughts of silverware were put to be for another season.
There was some hope Spurs could force their way into the top four of the Premier League and return to the Champions League - but a late season dip in form that saw Postecoglou’s men take just one point from their last five games ensured it was Europa Conference League football that will be on the agenda after Spurs slipped to seventh place in the table.