Tottenham wanted to sign PSG starlet late in summer transfer window

We've arrived at the "here's what you could've won..." phase of the summer transfer window, with reports emerging of whom Tottenham failed to sign late in the day.

Spurs' window certainly wasn't bereft of ambition. After Kota Takai signed to little fanfare, the club brought in four established stars to bolster Thomas Frank's squad: Mohammed Kudus, Joao Palhinha, Xavi Simons and Randal Kolo Muani.

Whether it's enough to compete on multiple fronts during Frank's first at the helm remains to be seen, but there's no denying that the Dane has plenty of star power at his disposal. Simons, in particular, is the sort of star that Spurs previously haven't been able to acquire in the market, and the Dutchman was only targeted after the Morgan Gibbs-White debacle and Eberechi Eze opted for the wrong half of north London.

Kolo Muani was the sole Deadline Day arrival, but Spurs, if reports are to be believed, were in the market for at least another until late in the day.

Spurs reportedly rebuffed by PSG for Senny Mayulu

A left-sided defender was thought to be the priority after Simons and Kolo Muani, but Spurs never really got close to landing anyone of that profile after Arsenal swooped for Piero Hincapie.

And, according to Dean Jones, Spurs were instead aiming to stage an ambitious swoop of Paris Saint-Germain starlet Senny Mayulu, who's a midfielder by trade. Their initial enquiry was reportedly made a couple of weeks before the window closed.

Mayulu came to prominence when he scored off the bench during PSG's emphatic 5-0 victory over Inter in the Champions League final earlier this year. He's only been used sporadically by Luis Enrique, but he's regarded by the European champions as one of their gems, and Spurs' supposed approach was rebuffed with little hesitation.

Chelsea and Manchester City have also been linked.

The 19-year-old is revered for his versatility; a midfielder capable of performing an array of midfield roles. To me, he looks like an energetic box-to-boxer who isn't all that different from Pape Matar Sarr. Mayulu has an impressive engine and is a willing box-crasher. He's not a refined playmaker, nor a controller at this stage of his career.

Thus, Mayulu wasn't a viable solution for our No. 10 issue before we moved for Simons, but a move that would've aligned with the transfer policy we've long grown familiar with. He has two years left on his contract in Paris, and Spurs perhaps thought they could acquire the teenager on the cheap in the hope that he'd develop and later blossom into a star.