Tottenham are continuing their search for options out wide, and Chelsea's Pedro Neto is the latest to be linked with a move to N17.
Spurs have gone big already this summer, committing more than £230m to fix their defence and midfield ahead of Roberto De Zerbi's first full season in charge.
The final phase of the swift rebuild may well prove to be the toughest, given how poorly Spurs performed in attack last season. Our frontline simply needs an injection of quality.
Sure, we should have Mohammed Kudus back for the start of the season, but Wilson Odobert and Xavi Simons are sidelined for the long haul with ACL tears, and Mathys Tel is currently the first-choice option wide left. While Tel is talented and worth sticking with, we can't be heading into 2026/27 with the young Frenchman as the guy down one of the flanks.
However, I'm not exactly sure Pedro Neto is the answer either.
Spurs have bid for Chelsea's Pedro Neto
Savinho remains the priority target, and my own sources have suggested that the deal for the Brazilian is as good as done.
Spurs are in the market for multiple wide players, though, and Neto would be brought in alongside the Manchester City star. According to a reputable online source, @HimothyReports on X, we've made a "verbal bid" for Neto.
Gone are the days where Chelsea wouldn't conduct business with us. Roman Abramovich is long gone, and Daniel Levy is out the door in north London, too. Chelsea's relatively new owners, BlueCo, would sell to anyone for the right price, including us.
We've previously held an interest in Neto, but I can't say he's a player I've ever been particularly fond of. I appreciate his ability to play down both flanks, and managers love his work ethic out of possession. However, he's never transitioned into the high output winger some projected him to be when he was breaking through at Wolves.
Neto has shown he's capable of the spectacular, but plenty of his goal contributions last season arrived in domestic cup competitions or against Premier League strugglers. He's a perfectly capable winger with handy attributes, but I fear we'll end up paying a lot of money for someone who doesn't improve us immeasurably.
There are already concerns about Savinho's output, and adding Neto doesn't exactly alleviate that issue. We're supposed to be in the market for game-changing quality in wide areas, but the recruitment at this position has so far been rather uninspired, I must say.
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