Tottenham and Liverpool leading the race to sign Man Utd, Newcastle target

GiveMeSport have named Spurs as a leading contender alongside Liverpool for the services of LOSC Lille midfielder Angel Gomes, with Premier League side Newcastle United also interested, as well as his former side and boyhood club Manchester United also showing a "small interest."

Gomes, 24, left Manchester United in 2020 to join Lille after over a decade at the club, initially going straight on loan to Boavista, before making a name for himself in Ligue 1 over the last few years.

The midfielder was a key cog to Lee Carsley's successful England U21 side, who won the U21 European Championships back in 2023, with Gomes starting every game. Carsley took him with him into the senior set up for his first squad as senior interim manager. He made his debut coming off the bench against the Republic of Ireland, before making his first start against Finland at Wembley.

Tottenham and Liverpool leading contenders for Angel Gomes

The Lille midfielder is out of contract in 2025, so could be available for a serious cut price in the January transfer window, or for free in the summer should he not extend his contract before then. From January onwards, he will be free to speak to other clubs.

That said, the publication also reports that Gomes could be set to demand a salary of £150,000 a week. Whilst that is not a crazy amount of money, particularly in today's game, it could be more than Spurs are willing to pay him.

In any case, he most certainly suits the "energetic number eight" that Spurs were after in the summer. He is best as a box-to-box midfielder, and would boost Spurs already large numbers there, but also has experience playing as a number ten, and could give competition for Maddison. He has even played as a number six, most recently in the aforementioned England vs Finland game.

He has generally played in a double pivot for Lille, so would seemingly fit in well to Spurs' 4231 set up under Ange Postecoglu. He would also count towards the homegrown quota, which is an evergreen topic of discussion. Let's see how this one plays out.