Spurs sign Tonali in club-record £100m deal
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- Spurs signed Italy midfielder Sandro Tonali from Newcastle for a club-record £100m (£92.5m plus £7.5m in achievable add-ons), with the player set to earn more than £275,000 per week after telling the club he wanted to work with manager Roberto De Zerbi.
- The deal is the second time in a week Spurs have broken their transfer record, following the £85m signing of Mateus Fernandes from West Ham, and takes the club's summer spending past the £200m barrier.
- Newcastle are banking a £45m profit on Tonali — signed from AC Milan for £55m in 2023 — and have already agreed a fee with Hoffenheim for Ivory Coast winger Bazoumana Toure, with Sky Sports told the club believe they are 'very likely' to hit the full £100m.
- Spurs' wider summer business includes £52m for Brighton's Jan Paul van Hecke, free transfers for Andy Robertson, Marcos Senesi and Martin Dubravka, and a £100m Lewis family injection for day-to-day running.
- The spending splurge follows back-to-back 17th-placed Premier League finishes that saw Spurs narrowly avoid relegation on the final day last season, with Sky Sports' Paul Merson tipping 'a good season' now the midfield has been addressed.
- Tonali posted an emotional Instagram farewell thanking Newcastle manager Eddie Howe and the fans, referencing a trophy 'this city had been waiting decades for' alongside his son being born during his time on Tyneside.
Why it matters: Spurs have smashed their transfer record twice in seven days — Fernandes at £85m, then Tonali at £100m — pushing summer outlay past £200m after back-to-back 17th-placed finishes. Newcastle bank a £45m profit and have already moved to sign Hoffenheim's Bazoumana Toure, extending a player-trading model that also produced £125m from Liverpool for Alexander Isak.
