Fabrizio Romano: Deal agreed for £14.6m Tottenham and Crystal Palace target as medical planned
Tottenham Hotspur and Crystal Palace are set to miss out on one of their transfer targets with a move to Serie A imminent
Tottenham Hotspur and Crystal Palace are poised to miss out on a deal for Manchester City defender Manuel Akanji with Inter Milan agreeing a deal for the player on deadline day.
Reports in Italy from Gazetta Dello Sport over the weekend claimed that Spurs were leading the chase for the player due to being able to offer him Champions League football. AC Milan and Palace were also named as suitors, with the Eagles third in the running.
Galatasaray had also been interested but were branded out of the running. Now transfer expert Fabrizio Romano has reported that a deal has been agreed for Akanji to join Inter Milan on loan with an option to buy.
If the Italian club exercise their buy option, the total package will be worth £14.6m. Romano said on X: “Inter agree deal with Man City to sign Manuel Akanji, here we go! €2m loan fee, €15m buy option clause to become mandatory only under difficult conditions.
“Akanji set for medical now, as he agreed to the move.”
In a further update, Romano revealed that the option to buy would become an obligation to buy if Akanji plays in 50 per cent of the club’s games this campaign and if the club win Serie A. Inter finished second in the Italian top flight last term, one point behind champions Napoli.
Tottenham and Crystal Palace remain busy on deadline day
Despite seeing one of their targets move to Italy, Spurs and Palace have both been busy on deadline day. Randal Kolo Muani is poised to join Tottenham on a season-long loan from Paris Saint-Germain.
Meanwhile, it is much busier at Selhurst Park. Marc Guehi is poised to leave the club after a £35m deal was agreed with Liverpool, with a medical taking place in London.
Christantus Uche is undergoing a deadline day medical at Crystal Palace with the Eagles closing in on the signing of the Nigerian from La Liga side Getafe.
The club are aiming to secure deals to bring central defenders Jaydee Canvot and Igor Julio to Selhurst Park too, with Guehi leaving and with Akanji heading for the San Siro.
Tottenham have also agreed a deal to sell forward Bryan Gil to Girona for just over £8.5m. The player has not played for Spurs since the 2023-24 campaign and spent last season on loan at Girona. He scored three goals in 25 games.