Tottenham reject two Emerson Royal transfer bids as AC Milan offer revealed
AC Milan have been linked with a move for Tottenham defender Emerson Royal for much of the summer transfer window so far
Tottenham have let a number of players leave the club already this summer. But they have only made money from one of them.
Eric Dier and Ivan Perisic, who went on loan for the second half of last season, came to the ends of their contracts, signing permanent deals with Bayern Munich and Hajduk Split respectively. Ryan Sessegnon did not have the option for an extra year taken up by Sours, while Japhet Tanganga also left at the expiration of his deal.
Tottenham also came to a mutual agreement with Tanguy Ndombele to end his contract a year early. The only one spurs have made money on has been Joe Rodon, leaving for Leeds United in a £10million deal, although, while separate, it did count towards the deal to bring Archie Gray to N17.
More players are expected to leave, with the likes of Djed Spence and Sergio Reguilon not having a future under Ange Postecoglou and players like Bryan Gil, Giovanni Lo Celso Pierre Emile and Emerson Royal looking at other options for more game time.
Royal is one who had looked set to be on the move earlier than others, with plenty of interest from abroad in his services. Italian giants AC Milan have been heavily linked, but as yet have not been able to get a deal over the line.
And football.london can reveal that is because their bids for the defender come nowhere nears Spurs’ valuation of the Brazilian.
Tottenham are looking for a fee in the region of £20million to sell the 25-year-old, who cost the club around £25million back in 2021. Milan do not see him in that price bracket it seems though.
Football.london reporter Alasdair Gold has revealed that AC Milan have made two bids for the defender – well, one really because both bids were for the same amount. They made one verbal offer and one formal offer. That bid was for £8.4million.
Tottenham rejected the verbal bid, then rejecting the formal offer too, which is hardly surprising given it was the same figure. Borussia Dortmund are also interested in the full-back, who filled in at centre-back last season too.
Postecoglou is going to have the vast majority of his players available for the Hearts encounter but a handful will be missing due to their international participation this summer. Destiny Udogie is not expected to be fit to play just yet after undergoing surgery to his left quadriceps towards the end of last season, with question marks over Richarlison’s fitness levels at present after he also sat out games in the final few weeks of 2023/24.
The Brazilian was spotted watching on at the training ground from the bench for the Cambridge fixture, although it unclear whether he entered the fray at any point after his recent injury rehab work. Postecoglou does have a number of options in the attacking areas as things stand, though, with Alejo Veliz and Dane Scarlett also potential candidates to start through the middle.
