Tottenham Hotspur has really been struggling this season in the Premier League, but they have managed to navigate their way to the Europa League semi-finals, so Bayern Munich loanee Mathys Tel can at least say he is still in European competition this season. After he was not getting regular minutes at Bayern under Vincent Kompany for most of the first part of the season, it became more and more clear that getting sent out on loan would be the best option for the player, and Tottenham was ultimately where he wound up despite it not being his first choice.
Since he moved to North London on loan in the winter, Tel has managed to tally three goals from a total of 13 appearances across all competitions, which have included starting and playing the full 90 minutes from Tottenham’s last two Premier League matches. He also clocked 79 minutes in their 1-0 win at Eintracht Frankfurt in the second leg of the Europa League quarterfinals. At this juncture, his last two goals have come in the recent Premier League win over Southampton followed by the 4-2 loss to Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Per information from Sport Bild’s Christian Falk and Tobi Altschäffl, Tottenham is not currently planning on activating the €50m buy-on option at the end of Tel’s loan spell, which Bayern had remained hopeful for possibly coming to fruition (via @iMiaSanMia). It has been a rough season for Ange Postecoglou’s side, but their attack has been riddled with injury problems this season and they are actively planning for what they want their firing line to look like come the start of next season.
Despite the current signal looking like Tottenham will not activate the buy-on option attached to Tel’s loan deal, Bayern is still hopeful that a potential deal for a sale to Spurs could happen. His market value per transfermarkt is currently at €40m, so there could be a way that Bayern could negotiate some sort of medium between that figure and the €50m buy-on option that was agreed upon for the loan deal.
Of course, things could very well change from Bayern’s standpoint. The futures of Serge Gnabry, Kingsley Coman, and/or Leroy Sané could impact the club potentially needing Tel back at some point. It will also hinge on what ends up happening with Bayern’s much-anticipated move for Bayer Leverkusen’s Florian Wirtz this summer, which is presumably going to cost the German Rekordmeister somewhere in the region of €140m.
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