Tottenham have confirmed the mortgage signing of former Fulham star Joao Palhinha.
The Portugal midfielder joins Spurs on mortgage for the 2025/26 season topic to worldwide clearance and a piece allow – with an choice to purchase for £26million subsequent summer season.
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Palhinha returns to the Premier League after only one season with the Bundesliga giants following his £46.5m from Fulham final summer season.
It means Bayern Munich will take a £20m hit ought to the deal be made everlasting.
The 30-year-old was a part of their title-winning facet however made solely six begins within the league amid health points all through the 2024/25 marketing campaign.
Bayern first tried to signal Palhinha in the summertime of 2023 however noticed a £55m transfer collapse on the ultimate day of the window.
Fulham later set an asking worth of £59m however then accepted a £46.5m deal that included round £4.2m in potential add-ons.
Joao Palhinha’s Premier League report
Former Sporting Lisbon man Palhinha excelled throughout his two seasons at Craven Cottage.
He made 66 begins and scored seven targets within the Premier League, and was named as Fulham’s Participant of the Season in 2022/23.
Palhinha performed for Portugal on the 2022 World Cup and Euro 2024, that includes three and 4 occasions respectively.
A transfer to Spurs would supply him extra Champions League soccer after their Europa League triumph.
Who’ve Tottenham carried out within the switch window?
Thomas Frank’s facet have bought midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg to Marseille for round £17m after his mortgage spell in France.
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In the meantime, they’ve added Mohammed Kudus, Mathys Tel, Kevin Danso, Luka Vuskovic and Kota Takai to their ranks this summer season – spending round £120m in complete.
Spurs had a medical booked in for Morgan Gibbs-White earlier than being drawn right into a switch saga with Nottingham Forest.
They initially activated his £60m launch clause however Forest lodged a authorized criticism towards the north London facet and their method for the 25-year-old.
talkSPORT understands that Forest proprietor Evangelos Marinakis needed Manchester Metropolis to bid for Gibbs-White, who not too long ago ended hypothesis by signing a brand new contract.
Marinakis could not resist a parting shot at Tottenham as a part of his skipper’s extension announcement.
He mentioned: “So long as I am in command of all of those actions, approaches ought to happen, I repeat, in an applicable method.
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“I might by no means let anybody from some other crew get a participant from us or make one thing we do not agree with.
“And particularly, as I mentioned, with some guys that they belong to our household.
“Due to this fact, with Morgan, it did not take lengthy to come back to an settlement. It was a really brief dialog, filled with ardour and love for the membership.
“So when you’ve got ardour, when you’ve got love for one thing, it is a matter of some seconds to agree. And all our supporters ought to know that this man loves the membership.”
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