The recently concluded winter window was more about the misses and near misses than the targets that amounted to transfers at White Hart Lane, and among those near opportunities was a Mexican madman who can not only be a menace to be contained but also someone capable of netting regular goals named Santiago Gimenez.
The long-standing pursuit of Santiago Gimenez
The January interval wasn’t the premier commencement of the Lilywhites partaking in his signatures; it was more of an absorbed obsession of Daniel Levy to land his signatures after a summer of eyeing his signatures. The board at Hotspur Way went through with bringing Dominic Solanke in the previous summer, but the sole reliance on the former Bournemouth man to contribute upfront meant that the North Londoners had to dip into the market yet again to land someone capable of not only leading the front line but also complementing the players already in Ange Postecoglou’s roster.
An insight into the injuries on the front line at Tottenham: Brennan Johnson, Timo Werner, Richarlison, and Dominic Solanke have all been serving the sidelines, forcing Ange Postecoglou to command a makeshift front line.
Tottenham Hotspur are said to have made a strong approach in pursuing Gimenez, per Calciomercato; however, the 23-year-old had already committed his words to AC Milan advisor Zlatan Ibrahimovic, and he didn’t want to go back on that as he concluded a move to San Siro.
Shifting focus, a tale of two Frenchmen
While there would have been an air of dismay among the corridors of Hotspur Way on missing out on Gimenez, they had to redraw their transfer blueprint to come up with another high-potential target that complemented Postecoglou’s playing style. And the Lilywhites landed initially on Kolo Muani, but with that not working out, conclusive decisions on Tel were made…
The North Londoners went on to pursue a move for Randal Kolo Muani from Paris Saint-Germain, with chairman Daniel Levy personally boarding a flight to France to try and negotiate a deal, and while he managed to have a loan agreement in place, the Frenchman ultimately went on to veto a decision to join Juventus instead.
Followed as a prospect for moving for Mathys Tel from Bayern Munich, and while the club did face a lot of hurdles in their attempts to move for the Frenchman, it was only after a persuasive phone call from Ange Postecoglou that he decided to move to White Hart Lane before the transfer deadline.
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And since moving to N17, Tel has gone on to make an impression. Hopefully that one is a long-lasting one—given the fact that the club holds an option to make his arrival a permanent prospect when the summer window comes around.
