Tottenham's Transfer Market Plans: De Zerbi's Quest for Another Bomba

Tottenham’s summer is already wild. Roberto De Zerbi insists it is nowhere near finished.

After a £237million outlay on six new arrivals, most clubs would be zipping the chequebook shut. Spurs are doing the opposite. The head coach is openly talking about “another bomba” on the way and a forward line still to be reshaped before the window closes on September 1.

De Zerbi the “shark” in the market

Sandro Tonali, Mateus Fernandes and Jan Paul van Hecke have all walked through the doors in north London for big money. Andy Robertson, Marcos Senesi and Martin Dubravka have arrived on free transfers to thicken the squad and harden the spine.

Yet De Zerbi is not satisfied. Not even close.

“In the transfer market, when I want one player, I become like a shark. No chance to say no,” he told football.london, a line that neatly captures his mood and his method.

He estimates that Spurs are only “60 per cent” of the way through what he calls their transfer “project”. That is a striking admission for a club that has already spent like a contender. It also explains why he followed it with a teasing promise: “Now we have another bomba.”

The Italian stopped short of naming names or calling any deal done, but he made clear that talks are active and that he wants negotiations tied up swiftly.

Savinho in Spurs’ sights

Standard Sport understands Tottenham have a concrete interest in Manchester City winger Savinho, with the Brazilian having informed City this week that he wants to leave in search of regular minutes.

He fits the profile De Zerbi and sporting director Johan Lange sketched out back in March: direct, quick, and dangerous in the space behind opposition defences. Attacking reinforcements are the clear priority between now and deadline day, with a winger top of the list and room, potentially, for another striker as well.

Savinho ranks highly among the shortlisted options, but the brief is specific. De Zerbi does not just want a wide forward who can beat a man; he wants one who can unlock the rest of his structure.

Built from the full-backs out

For De Zerbi, everything starts with the full-backs. That is not a throwaway tactical note. It is the lens through which he is judging every winger on the market.

“No two players are the same,” he said. “A winger can be a very wide winger, one able to come inside, a winger without a full-back, a winger able to play with the full-back.”

That last part matters. Spurs, in his eyes, are stacked in those positions.

“We have four great full-backs at the moment, maybe the four most important full-backs in the world, because I think Pedro Porro is the best right-back in the world, with [Destiny] Udogie, Robertson, and Djed Spence can play right and left.”

It is a bold claim, but it reveals how central those players are to his plan. The new winger must amplify them, not crowd them out.

“Before bringing in a winger, we have to consider the full-back, because we start from the full-back, from the player we already have, no?”

That is the blueprint. The wide forward Spurs are chasing has to dovetail with Porro’s surges, Udogie’s underlaps, Robertson’s engine and Spence’s versatility. He has to stretch the pitch when needed, drift inside when the full-back flies past, and still threaten the goal himself.

One more “bomba” to come

So the spending will continue, but with a clear target: an attacker who can turn De Zerbi’s carefully assembled back line and full-back unit into a fluid, relentless attacking machine.

Tottenham have already made a statement in this window. Their head coach is adamant the loudest one is still to come.