Tottenham are hopeful of signing João Palhinha on mortgage after opening talks with Bayern Munich over the Portugal midfielder. Palhinha, who joined Bayern from Fulham final summer season in a deal price as much as £47.4m, is known to be eager to return to the Premier League having hardly ever featured underneath Vincent Kompany.
He's wished by the brand new Spurs supervisor, Thomas Frank, to supply additional choices in central midfield, with talks over a deal for the 30-year-old persevering with. It seems probably Bayern will sanction Palhinha's departure, though it stays to be seen whether or not any deal would come with an choice or obligation to make the deal everlasting.
Tottenham beat Arsenal 1-0 in a pre-season pleasant at Hong Kong's Kai Tak Stadium on Thursday within the first north London derby to be performed abroad because of a long-range strike from Pape Matar Sarr.
Signing Palhinha would undoubtedly present much-needed expertise in central midfield given he made nearly 80 appearances within the Premier League throughout his two seasons at Fulham after becoming a member of from Sporting.
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Spurs have signed Mathys Tel from Bayern this summer season for round £30m after the Frenchman spent the second half of final season on mortgage in north London. They've additionally added Mohammed Kudus from West Ham, however failed of their pursuit of Nottingham Forest's Morgan Gibbs-White.
