Who’s the most costly Tottenham Hotspur participant of all time?

Tottenham have been famously (or infamously) moderately considered with their spending underneath Daniel Levy – and once they have deigned to go massive on a signing, it has not at all times delivered the specified outcomes.

Spurs have had some success storied amongst their massive signings, however plenty of their finest performers in latest occasions have both been homegrown stars – most notably Harry Kane, who is ranked at No.7 in FourFourTwo’s list of the best Premier League strikers of all time – or astute bits of scouting secured for less-than-monstrous charges.

This is a have a look at the very patchy document Tottenham Hotspur have with their biggest-money signings.

Who’s Tottenham Hotspur’s most costly ever signing?

Richarlison had been Everton’s undisputed star for 4 years, hitting double figures for targets in every of his 4 seasons at Goodison Park. At 25 years outdated in summer time 2022, he ought to have been simply hitting his peak.

Sadly for Tottenham, the Brazilian was unable to copy that form of kind in his first season on the membership, combating accidents and publicly falling out with Antonio Cotnte (which is not tough).

The Italian’s departure didn’t instantly assist, however after combating psychological well being points and extra accidents issues, Richarlison hit a short run of wonderful kind that included 9 targets in simply eight Premier League video games. Since then, it has been fairly dry once more.

Who held the Tottenham Hotspur switch document earlier than Richarlison?

Ah, geez, it is Tanguy Ndombele, who for our cash (or moderately, for Tottenham’s) ranks as Spurs’ worst-ever signing.

Ndombele was presupposed to be the marquee signing of summer time 2019 following Spurs’ heartbreak within the Champions League ultimate, however Mauricio Pochettino’s swift departure meant he shortly fell out of favour and ended up spending most of his city out of the aspect or out on mortgage.

Dominic Solanke’s arrival in summer time 2024 equalled the quantity Spurs paid for Ndombele, however after all Richarlison had already set the bar for the document that little bit greater.

Davinson Sanchez being the earlier membership document signing would not really feel an enormous quantity higher. He wasn’t on Ndombele ranges, after all, however he was hardly Virgil van Dijk for the membership both, and spent plenty of his time on the membership going out and in of the aspect.

The membership have breached the £40m mark ten occasions, with Leeds United teen Archie Grey the newest participant Spurs have splashed out at the least that determine to signal.

Being Tottenham, the complete high ten comprises an actual combined bag of gamers who’ve been genuinely good investments, others who’ve been complete flops, and some who sit someplace in between.

Like plenty of the remainder of the Premier League, it is closely 2020s-centric, too, reflecting the massive inflation in switch charges over the previous 5 years or so.

Tottenham Hotspur’s high ten most costly gamers of all time