Despite needing to make major upgrades to their attack and snag multiple game-changers to a team that is headed for the Champions League after finishing 17th in the Premier League in the previous season, Tottenham Hotspur have signed just one new player from the 2024/25 season in West Ham right winger Mohammed Kudus.
While Kudus is a splendid signing with legitimately world-class upside under the guidance of manager Thomas Frank, Spurs need to sign more than just Kudus to bolster their attack appropriately for the next season - and that's not even getting into the state of their midfield.
After the Morgan Gibbs-White transfer fell through, Tottenham should have yet another reason to want to go for attacking talents, and if they close the sale of star left winger Son Heung-min to the United States, then that only furthers their attacking hole.
According to a new report from transfer insider Fabrizio Romano, a top-class winger is becoming available now for Tottenham to look at closely in the final weeks of the summer 2025 transfer window. As Lucas Chevalier draws closer to a move away from Lille to PSG, one of their other big talents, Edon Zhegrova, "can leave" Lille, too.
Tottenham have passed on other stars from Lille
Lille have undergone a lot of turnover this summer, and Tottenham were actually linked to their two hottest free agents, English midfielder Angel Gomes and Canadian striker Jonathan David, but they didn't really push hard for either potential solid signing.
Zhegrova is one of the best dribblers in French football and proved his worth on an international stage at last season's Champions League by carving up defending champions Real Madrid to spearhead Eden Hazard's former club to a memorable upset victory.
The 26-year-old star was closely linked with a move to Serie A champions Napoli earlier this summer, but the Partenopei, as Fabrizio Romano reports, backed out of the deal due to Lille's asking price. More clubs are now interested, per Fab, and that may imply that Lille have knocked down their asking price, perhaps to something more palatable to clubs like Napoli - and by extension, Tottenham.
Zhegrova is in the prime of his career and the kind of ball progressor, creator, and exciting dribbler Tottenham could use along witih their current, promising options. Assuming he is priced as affordably as he is underrated by the masses, Zhegrova could be a shrewd signing for Daniel Levy and Co., tough, the caveat is that, like Kudus, he is at his best on the right side of the formation.
And if Tottenham sell Son, they'd be looking more towards a left-sided player. Still, Zhegroav is a serious talent, and he is just as good as a 10 - if not better - and that remains a need after the Gibbs-Whit deal fell through.