Spurs have had more than their share of busy transfer windows over the past few seasons and plans are likely well underway at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for the next two.
There are just a handful of Premier League matches remaining before the winter break for the FIFA World Cup finals and then there will be just two gameweeks over the festive period before the January transfer window opens. Once the 2022/23 season has concluded, clubs will once again go back to the drawing boards and look at how best to reshape their squads in the months long summer window. It’s a process where transfers planned out months in advance can be made or last minute deals can be struck on deadline day.
Just for fun, we use the newly released beta version of Football Manager 23 to simulate up until September 1, 2023 and have taken a look at what business the popular game series predicts Tottenham might do over the summer transfer window. Spurs spent over £75m in transfer fees and midfield was the area of the park they looked most eager to recruit in. There were also some real coups as the London side managed to bring in talented players on low fees or even free transfers.
Here are the players that Tottenham Hotspur signed in our FM23 simulation and how much they paid:
1. Joao Pedro (£28.5m)
The Brazilian attacker was the biggest arrival of the summer from Watford who lost their talisman despite gaining promotion back to the Premier League | Getty Images
2. Fabiano Souza (£19.5m)
Another Brazilian, the right back arrived after an impressive campaign with Braga in Portugal | Getty Images
3. Juan Musso (£10m)
Spurs are expected to sign a long term successor to Hugo Lloris at some point and our sim saw them bring in two stoppers, including the Argentina international from Atalanta | Getty Images
4. Kerem Akturkoglu (£6m)
A Turkish international, the 25-year old comes in from Galatasary to provide competition in the wide areas | Getty Images