I've generally avoided social media this calendar year, with Tottenham Hotspur's plight reducing my temptation to entertain the doom and gloom permeating across the chronically online faction of the fanbase.
The fear of relegation also rendered any transfer talk before the final day of the season borderline futile, given how drastically our summer plans could alter.
Survival was achieved at the last, with a prosperous future potentially on the horizon with miracle-worker Roberto De Zerbi at the helm. After stomaching Arsenal's Premier League title and the subsequent celebrations, we relished their defeat in Budapest as if we were Paris born and bred. The time was right to conclude my social media exodus, so I'm back in the loop again, folks.
And those rumour mills are churning, boy. There's much work to be done in N17, and it looks like a pair of free agents will soon be through the door, bolstering our defence. Holes need to be filled across the board, though, and improving an attack that was so bereft of quality once Mohammed Kudus succumbed to a season-ending injury in January is a necessity.
How we go about such an imperative task will be fascinating.
No truth in Antonio Vergara to Tottenham rumours
A ton of names will be chucked into the abyss until something sticks. I certainly didn't expect us to be linked with Napoli's Antonio Vergara.
Intrigue surfaced when Nicolò Schira ambiguously suggested that a pair of English clubs were chasing the Italian attacker, who burst onto the scene with a fine performance in the Champions League for Antonio Conte's injury-riddled outfit in January.
He otherwise hasn't done all that much at the highest level. He has 12 Serie A appearances to his name, and just a single goal. Vergara might be bright, young and gifted, but I wouldn't regard him as the quality-injection that Spurs desperately need at this juncture.
Neapolitan outlets suggested the Lilywhites were among the interested parties, but more reputable sources have poured cold water on the unlikely pursuit.
Fabrizio Romano has said (via Chris Cowlin): "It does not turn out that Napoli are in concrete or advanced negotiations to sell Vergara, at least until now. It does not occur to us that there is a dialogue with Tottenham."
Neapolitan Vergara is right where he should be. He's had to be patient for his big break with his boyhood club, and 2026/27 should be about cementing himself as a key figure for what's set to be Massimiliano Allegri's Napoli. Conte may well be tasked with saving the Italian national team.
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