Tottenham transfer discourse is already purring, barely 48 hours removed from the biggest sigh of relief this club has breathed in decades.
Sunday's 1-0 victory over Everton, thanks to João Palhinha's scrappy strike, guaranteed Premier Legaue football for 2026/27, having teased the most unfathomable of relegations during the spring.
Spurs pivoted to Roberto De Zerbi out of desperation, with the club slipping into the drop zone for the first time in a decade before his managerial bow at Sunderland.
The job was imposing, no doubt, but the Italian met it head-on. By shifting the attitude of a broken squad convinced of their inevitable demise, De Zerbi was able to oversee an uptick. That surge culminated in Sunday's triumph, and the cathartic scenes that followed in N17. Now, a sense of excitement is bubbling around the club, with a busy summer in the offing.
We've all agreed that what we experienced down the stretch in 2025/26 cannot happen again. This squad must be improved rather drastically at the next opportunity.
Three Brighton players rank among De Zerbi's top transfer targets
De Zerbi enjoyed a tumultuous 18 months at Marseille between his two Premier League roles, having departed Brighton & Hove Albion at the end of the 2023/24 season.
When that Danish bloke who shan't be named rocked up last summer, there wasn't a Brentford player we weren't linked with. And guess what, not a single Bee joined their former manager in north London.
The situation with De Zerbi and Brighton is a little different, given that two years have passed since he was last spotted on the south coast. The Seagulls have forged their own distinct identity with Fabian Hürzeler at the helm, but stalwarts of the De Zerbi era linger. That's perhaps why Miguel Delaney believes the Italian wants to conduct a triple raid of his former club this summer.
Goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen, centre-back Jan Paul van Hecke and midfielder Carlos Baleba are said to be on the club's radar, but there's an expectation that Spurs wouldn't be able to land all three. No ****.
The Verbruggen and Van Hecke links aren't new, but Baleba's rather novel. Manchester United were keen last summer, and his stock has taken a hit after a disappointing season. Are Spurs willing to buy the dip?
Anyway, I'm not sure I buy these links, with Delaney's track record spotty at best. He's good value on the ’Libero’ podcast, though, even if he believes himself to have never been wrong in his life.
John Stones and James Trafford are listed as respective Van Hecke and Verbruggen alternatives, by the way, with deals for Andy Robertson and Marcos Senesi also in the pipeline.
It seems like plenty is happening.
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