Tottenham Hotspur have been busy in the summer transfer market, bringing in Mathys Tel on a permanent basis from Bayern Munich along with Mohammed Kudus from West Ham. But Spurs could still use some more reenforcements to bolster their squad, even with Morgan Gibbs-White coming into the picture.
The next step for Tottenham before the 2025/26 season gets under way will be to fortify the squad with players who can fill out the midfield and provide depth to the defense, and while midfielders are the priority, there is room for some more options at both center and fullback.
Although Kyle Walker-Peters only started five games during his time as a senior player at Tottenham, the homegrown right back became a pretty decent Premier League starter for Southampton. Now that the Saints have been relegated, Walker-Peters is free to join any team as a free agent, and after his deal with Besiktas collapsed on Thursday, he was ready for anyone to sign.
The fabled 'Here We Go' went to West Ham this time
Tottenham and Walker-Peters had been closely linked this window, but, once again, Spurs were too slow to sign a potentially key player for the homegrown rule in the Champions League. And to make matters worse for Spurs, it looks like KWP will be headed to a local rival in the Premier League.
Fabrizio Romano gave his fabled "Here We Go" to Kyle Walker-Peters joining West Ham United in what can be described as a small bit of revenge on the part of the Hammers for Tottenham signing Mohammed Kudus from them for 55 million pounds. Obviously, Walker-Peters isn't anywhere near as valuable as Kudus, but that's why he's a free agent and not a marquee signing.
West Ham signed Walker-Peters pretty quickly, too, plucking the ex-Southampton man pretty much 24 hours after it was revealed that his deal with Besiktas had fallen through. KWP will take a three-year deal with West Ham, meaning he should be a Hammer until he is past the age of 30.
Walker-Peters being off the table puts Tottenham in a strange position as far as who they go after at right back, but there are admittedly better options out there, even as backups. The thing is, Walker-Peters was free, someone familiar to Tottenham, and someone established as a quality backup for a club of Spurs level in the Premier League. Let's see if Thomas Frank and Tottenham decide to look at other options, though it is worth noting that they'd probably have a bigger need for cover for Destiny Udogie at left back.