Tottenham Hotspur brought in a few high profile players in the summer 2025 transfer window, but, so far, only Mohammed Kudus has made a big imprint on the attack. Xavi Simons has struggled in the Thomas Frank system without the right players to play off of and questionable attacking tactics, while Randal Kolo Muani hasn't really been healthy enough to make a real impact at striker.
Spurs have started to get more out of young forwards Wilson Odobert and Mathys Tel, but the absence of Son Heung-min has loomed larged without any new left winger in the summer 2025 window to take his place.
Tottenham were linked with Savinho and Rodrygo Goes, but neither Brazilian international proved to be feasible, as these young star left wingers were not ready to move on from their clubs - and their clubs obviously didn't want them gone just yet.
Well, the Rodrygo transfer rumors have popped back up again, as the young star is disgruntled with his continued lack of minutes under Xabi Alonso - not that he's been playing particularly well when given opportunities either.
It's the same old story for Tottenham
According to a report from Florian Plettenberg of Sky Sports News, the latest transfer rumors linking Rodrygo with a move to Tottenham are, once again, wide of the mark. Although it is possible for Rodrygo to leave Real Madrid for a new club in January, that new club is unlikely to be Tottenham, as they are not willing to meet his wage demands.
Basically, it's same old, same old for Tottenham fans, and as much as the club have been selling this narrative that Spurs will spend more without Daniel Levy, nobody is really buying it. And reports like this one from transfer insiders only support the skepticism from Spurs supporters that the club will start spending more to sign superstar players and meet their wage demands.
Meanwhile, Arsenal have been glued in on Rodrygo, and after their big summer of spending on superstar players like Eberechi Eze, Martin Zubimendi, and Viktor Gyokeres, it's easy to see that there's a gulf in ambition between Tottenham and Arsenal.
Rodrygo isn't coming to Spurs, and any Tottenham fan dreaming of him playing on the left wing across from Kudus needs to get that thought out of their head pronto. It's not happening. And you really have to begin to question if Spurs will even sign a star player on the left wing at all.