After more than a month of intense negotiations between Tottenham Hotspur and Bayern Munich, 20-year-old left wing talent Mathys Tel will indeed be headed to the Premier League on a permanent basis as the two European powerhouses agreed to a 35 million euro deal.
The move ensures that Tottenham will hold onto one of the most promising talents in European football and someone whom Spurs can build an attack around. Tel clearly has more upside than his teammates, and with Son Heung-min increasingly linked to clubs abroad, there's a real chance the Frenchman could one day be the heir to the Tottenham captain on the left wing.
What makes the Tel signing even better for Tottenham is the price Tottenham are getting one of the most talented left wing prospects in Europe at a price significantly less than the initially agreed upon option to buy clause in his winter loan deal.
Mathys Tel was bought almost at half price
And better yet, Tottenham are getting Tel for even cheaper than what they could have signed him for in January if they made the move permanent up front. At that time, Bayern Munich were asking for 60 million euros, and there were even rumblings that Spurs had reached a verbal agreement for a transfer of that fee.
It turns out that the best thing for Spurs was to have that deal fall through, whether it was rejection from Tel because he wasn't ready to move at that time or Tottenham realizing they didn't want to spend that much on the player.
Based on his actions on and off the pitch, Tel is clearly Tottenham all the way and wants to be a star as a part of a long-term future at the historic English club. He just won the Europa League title with Tottenham, and that taste of European glory will leave Tel hungry for more success with Spurs.
In total, Tel, by not moving in January and wanting to wait things out, saved Spurs a grand total of 25 million euros, which is a significant amount of money that is worth a top prospect in its own right. That's one more favor Tel has done for Tottenham, and there should be a lot of optimism regarding what the uber-athletic 20-year-old can do with Spurs in a full season under Thomas Frank, who coaxed a combined 39 goals out of Yoane Wissa and Bryan Mbeumo in the 2024/25 season.