Tottenham Hotspur duo who cost £97m depart club ahead of North London derby with Arsenal

Tottenham Hotspur have confirmed the departures of Tanguy Ndombele and Davinson Sanchez with the pair agreeing moves to Turkish side Galatasaray.

Ndombele has moved to Turkey on a season-long loan with an option to buy of £12.8million while Sanchez has agreed a permanent move after signing a four-year deal with the option of a further year. Galatasaray have agreed an £8.1million fee with Spurs.

Sanchez cost a reported £42million while Ndombele joined for £55million four years ago but neither have started a game for the club this term and were not at the forefront of Ange Postecoglou’s plans.

A Spurs statement on Sanchez read: “We have reached agreement with Turkish Süper Lig side Galatasaray for the transfer of Davinson Sanchez.

“The Colombia international defender joined us from Ajax in August, 2017, making his debut as a substitute in a 1-1 home draw with Burnley in the Premier League later that month, his full debut following in a 3-0 victory at Everton that September.

“Davinson continued to feature regularly in all competitions in the seasons that followed, memorably scoring twice in an FA Cup tie at Everton in February, 2021, and towards the end of last term, reached the 200-appearance milestone for the Club, also captaining the team in a 3-0 FA Cup fourth round win at Preston North End in January.

“Davinson leaves us with 207 appearances and five goals in our colours to his name. We thank him for his service and wish him all the best for the future.”

And on Ndombele, the club confirmed: “Tanguy Ndombele has joined Turkish Süper Lig side Galatasaray on loan for the remainder of the 2023/24 season. The midfielder joined us from Olympique Lyonnais in July, 2019, and has scored 10 goals in 91 appearances for us to date.

“He spent the 2022/23 campaign on loan at Napoli, making 40 appearances in all competitions for the Serie A champions, scoring twice.”

Spurs have enjoyed a strong start to the season with only Manchester City picking up more points than Postecoglou’s men. They return to Premier League action against Sheffield United after the international break before the North London derby with Arsenal on September 24.

They end the month with a home game against Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool. Spurs have claimed the same number of points as the Reds and their rivals Arsenal but Postecoglou’s side sit second in the table behind Man City with their 5-2 win over Burnley giving them the best goal difference of all the sides on 10 points.