Tottenham Hotspur have reached an agreement in principle with Manchester City to sign Brazilian winger Savinho, according to journalist David Ornstein, bringing Spurs close to securing one of their primary targets this summer.
The final details of the deal and a medical examination for the 22-year-old remain to be completed before he joins Italian manager Roberto De Zerbi’s squad.
Tottenham will pay a fixed fee of £75 million, alongside an additional £10 million in add-ons, £5 million of which are tied to easily achievable conditions.
If the transfer reaches £85 million, Savinho will become the most expensive sale in Manchester City’s history, surpassing Julián Álvarez’s move to Atlético Madrid for £81.5 million. The base fee alone places the Brazilian winger second on the club’s all-time departures list.
Manchester City stand to make an extraordinary profit on a player they signed from Troyes in the summer of 2024 for £21 million, with potential add-ons raising that deal to £33.6 million—meaning the net profit on the transfer could exceed £51 million.
The high transfer fee comes as a surprise given Savinho’s statistics last season, where he registered just 6 goal contributions (2 goals and 4 assists) in 36 appearances across all competitions.
This deal forms part of a busy summer of outgoings for Manchester City, having already sold James Trafford to Leeds United, Tijjani Reijnders and Manuel Akanji to Inter Milan, and Nathan Aké to Fenerbahçe, while Bernardo Silva and John Stones departed on free transfers.
For Tottenham, this marks a historic summer under De Zerbi. Having already spent around £237 million on their first six signings, Spurs have broken their previous single-window spending record of £225 million set in the summer of 2023.
Sandro Tonali and Matheus Fernandes have headlined the rebuild, alongside the arrivals of Jan Paul van Hecke, Marcos Senesi, and Andy Robertson, prior to this move for Savinho to bolster the attack.
The Brazilian’s arrival will push Tottenham’s summer expenditure past £300 million, providing unprecedented backing for De Zerbi following a difficult campaign in which the club finished 17th in the Premier League.
