Spurs will 'break transfer embargo' with deal for player whose club they haven't done business with for 14 years

Tottenham Hotspur are set to move for a player who plays for a club with whom they have not done business since 2011.

The 2025/26 Premier League campaign is just 46 days away, and clubs have already and will continue to pursue players in the summer transfer window.

It has already been a summer of change at Spurs with Ange Postecoglou departing, making way for former Brentford boss Thomas Frank to make the switch from west to north London.

Fraser Forster, Sergio Reguilon and Alfie Whiteman will all leave the club upon the expiration of their current contracts, while Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg's loan to Marseille will become a permanent transfer.

But who will arrive as Frank’s squad takes shape ahead of the campaign?

Spurs will compete in four competitions – the Champions League, Premier League, League Cup and FA Cup – as well as facing Paris Saint-Germain in the UEFA Super Cup final on August 13.

Thomas Frank is the new head coach of Spurs

By then, several new players will likely play a part, and fans will be hoping one of them is West Ham’s Mohammed Kudus.

As reported by The Telegraph on Monday (June 30), the Hammers attacker has been “identified as a primary target” for Spurs.

Kudus, 24, has a release clause worth around £85m in his current deal, which is set to run for the first ten days of July, with Spurs hoping to complete a deal for less than the aforementioned figure.

The report claims that although Spurs have shown interest in Bournemouth’s Antoine Semenyo and Brentford’s Bryan Mbeumo - who has been the subject of two bids from Manchester United this summer – they see Kudus as their ‘first choice’.

Mohammed Kudus is linked with a move to Spurs (Credit:Getty)

If a deal is struck, Kudus, who has scored 19 goals in 89 appearances for the Hammers, would become the first player to move directly from West Ham to Spurs since Scott Parker in 2011.

Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy blocked Emmanuel Adebayor from joining the east London club in 2015, and the clubs have not done business since the Parker deal, now 14 years ago.

Journalist Fabrizio Romano has also claimed that “initial contacts took place with agents” and that Kudus is “open to Spurs talks”.

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