Tottenham Hotspur have been off to a successful start in the 2025/26 Premier League season and are one of a few teams fighting for the second spot behind overwhelming league title favorites - and defending champions - Liverpool.
New signings Xavi Simons and Mohammed Kudus are already the clear stars of the team from an attacking perspective, and they honestly look like they are already going to exceed expectations and their record transfer fees for Spurs.
But if Tottenham want to enter the picture as true Premier League title favorites, they are going to need to add one more top-class attacking player to Kudus and Simons. This past summer transfer window, they were going after a left winger to replace legend Son Heung-min, but that spot remains vacant after Spurs failed to go hard enough for an upgrade.
That dream upgrade, though, may be more available in January. Tottenham were pushing for Savinho from Manchester City, but, per usual, Daniel Levy gave up the minute he received any sort of resistance from a top club, leaving Spurs empty-handed.
Tottenham can give a bigger opportunity
Not only is Levy gone from his post, though, but Savinho now has a reason to push harder for Manchester City to sell him. Simply put, he'd have an opportunity at Tottenham, whereas Manchester City haven't even been using him at all, effectively meaning they held him hostage this summer by not selling to Spurs.
Savinho has played a meager 16 minutes in two Premier League appearances, which is just downright insulting. At this point, it feels like Manchester City are hoarding him on the bench because they fear selling him to a competitor like Spurs, and having lost to Spurs directly 2-0 on Matchday 2 this eason, perhaps they know deep down that Totenham would clearly surpass them with Savinho as their missing piece on the wing.
But by keeping him out of the lineup and stuffing a top 21-year-old talent on the bench, Man City are only provoking Savinho to want out even more, and that can give Tottenham the leverage they need at the bargaining table to finally acquire the young Brazilian star.
Wingers come best in pairs, because when you have two great wingers, the opposing defense can't shift to cover one side more than the other. They are going to get a lot better if they sign Savinho, because Kudus will have even more space to work with. It's a no-brainer deal that Tottenham should make, and as Man City continue to bench Savinho, the chances of the deal increase.