Tottenham transfers report card: How the new signings measure up

Months of inaction made it a rather nervy summer for supporters, but Spurs, with a flurry of activity, signed five new players in the final week of the transfer window.

In a typically frustrating Daniel Levy way, Tottenham waited until the last week to bring any new players aboard. But Levy, in a whirlwind eight-day span, made amends for making Spurs wait through an extended period replete with hyperbole and speculative rumours. Then again, most Spurs fans are used the waiting game by now.

The river, however, burst its bank on August 23 with the Davinson Sanchez signing, Spurs’ first of the window. In the following days, Paulo Gazzaniga, Juan Foyth, Serge Aurier and Fernando Llorente also booked their one-way tickets for the capital. While Mauricio Pochettino would rather have seen these players join months ago, the old adage it’s better late than never applies.

Of the five signings, two are for the future, one is for the present and two are for both the present and the future. Levy has once again struck a pretty good balance without breaking the bank. He sold Kyle Walker (£50 million) and Kevin Wimmer (£18 million) and replaced them with Sanchez (£42 million) and Aurier (£23 million), making a profit of £3 million on two younger players, both of whom are stacked with potential. Not a bad bit of business.

Here’s Tottenham HQ’s report card for each new signing.