Tottenham have crushed off Premier League competitors to safe the signing of Bayern Munich ahead Mathys Tel on mortgage for the remainder of the 2024-25 season.
The likes of Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United have been additionally within the 19-year-old’s signature, however he has chosen to hyperlink up with Spurs to bolster their attacking ranks, reportedly making a U-turn after initially rejecting a transfer to them earlier this month.
Tottenham even have the choice to make the deal everlasting in the summertime for €55million (£45.7m) on a six-year deal ought to he impress throughout his time in north London.
Tel began his profession at Ligue 1 facet Rennes, making his league debut at 16 years and 110 days previous towards Brest, turning into the youngest participant to seem for the membership within the top-flight, breaking the report beforehand held by Eduardo Camavinga.
He would go on to make 10 senior appearances for the French facet throughout all competitions earlier than finishing a reported €28.5 million swap to Bayern in 2022.
{The teenager} scored his first purpose for the membership in a 5-0 win over Viktoria Koln within the DFB-Pokal, turning into the youngest goalscorer for the membership in a aggressive match, aged 17 years and 126 days previous.
Tel would go on to get pleasure from his finest scoring season for Bayern in 2023-24 underneath Thomas Tuchel, netting 10 targets and laying on an extra six assists throughout 41 outings in all competitions, however has discovered sport time arduous to return by underneath Vincent Kompany.
He has made simply 14 appearances this marketing campaign, solely 4 of which have been from the beginning, totalling simply 458 minutes of motion in all competitions.
We’re delighted to announce the signing of Mathys Tel on mortgage from Bayern Munich, topic to worldwide clearance and work allow
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) February 3, 2025
It gives Ange Postecoglou and Tottenham an alternative choice in assault for the rest of the season, with the likes of Dominic Solanke, Brennan Johnson, Timo Werner and Wilson Odobert all at present out with accidents which have plagued Spurs’ marketing campaign.
Tel grew to become Tottenham’s fourth signing of the January window following the everlasting additions of Antonin Kinsky and Min-hyeok Yang, with the latter now having joined QPR on mortgage. Lens defender Kevin Danso additionally accomplished a brief deal till the tip of the season on Sunday.
A possible debut in Thursday’s EFL Cup semi-final second leg towards Liverpool at Anfield may come too quickly for Tel, with the transfer nonetheless topic to worldwide clearance and the Frenchman securing a piece allow, although he may function in Sunday’s FA Cup conflict towards Aston Villa.