Tottenham Targets Savinho and Marmoush in Bold Move from Man City
Tottenham are attempting one of the statement moves of the window, working on a deal to prise both Savinho and Marmoush away from Manchester City, according to The Athletic. Talks are described as progressing well between the two Premier League clubs, even if nothing has been signed off yet.
Spurs tried to land Savinho last summer but hit a brick wall, with City refusing to cash in on the Brazilian. The landscape looks different now. Savinho was left out of the squad entirely for City’s 3-0 Community Shield defeat to Arsenal on Sunday, a decision that only fuels the sense that his future lies elsewhere.
Marmoush, too, has long felt like a player on the move. Used as a deputy to Erling Haaland, he has been widely viewed as a likely departure in this window, a high‑value asset stuck behind an immovable No 9.
If Tottenham get both over the line, it will cap an extraordinary summer of spending in north London. The club have already committed around £229.5 million on Sandro Tonali, Mateus Fernandes and Jan Paul van Hecke, reshaping the spine of Roberto De Zerbi’s side. On top of that, they have added Marcos Senesi, Andy Robertson and Martin Dubravka on free transfers, a cluster of experienced operators dropped straight into the dressing room without transfer fees attached.
This is not reckless splashing of cash. Spurs remain within financial regulations, their new aggression in the market powered by a deliberate change of strategy from majority owners ENIC, who are now injecting funds directly into the club. Big-money exits have helped too, with Luka Vuskovic’s move to Brighton bringing in a guaranteed £46m and easing the balance sheet.
De Zerbi has been teasing something big. Earlier this month he spoke of a surprise “bomba” signing in the works, a remark that set supporters guessing and raised expectations around the window. The need in attack is obvious. Richarlison is into the final year of his contract, his future unresolved, while Dominic Solanke has been battling injuries and cannot be relied upon to shoulder the full load.
That is where Marmoush comes in. He arrives with numbers that demand attention: 15 goals in 17 games in his final half-season for Eintracht Frankfurt before joining City. Tottenham will bank on that ruthless streak translating to the Premier League once he is given a leading role rather than a supporting one.
Savinho offers something different. Youth, flair, and the kind of direct threat that stretches defences and changes the tempo of a game in an instant. For De Zerbi, a coach who thrives on sharp, vertical football, the combination of Savinho’s dynamism and Marmoush’s penalty-box edge would give him the variety he has been missing in the final third.
The pressure finally tells in windows like this. Tottenham know that if they can close both deals, they hand their head coach the firepower to turn top‑four ambition into something more concrete. It would also go a long way towards backing up De Zerbi’s bold promise to the fanbase that this Spurs side will attack, and keep attacking.
For now, the focus inside the club is clear: thrash out the final details with Manchester City before the window shuts. If Savinho and Marmoush do walk through the doors at Hotspur Way, De Zerbi will be looking at one of the most dangerous attacking units in the league.
Then the real question begins: can this rebuilt Tottenham side turn an audacious summer into a Champions League return?
