Joao Palhinha joins Tottenham

Tottenham Hotspur have officially confirmed the signing of Joao Palhinha from Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich. The Portuguese midfielder has joined on an initial loan, however, various reports have stated that there is an option to buy.

Palhinha joins Kevin Danso, Mathys Tel, Mohammed Kudus and Kota Takai on the list of reinforcements added to Thomas Frank’s squad so far this summer.As has been the case with other signings made under Technical Director Johan Lange – appointed in November 2023 – the deal moved quickly.

That is partly down to the fact that Spurs have developed a great relationship with the Bavarian club following moves which saw Harry Kane and Eric Dier move to Germany, and Tel arrive in North London in January, before making the loan move permanent earlier this summer.Another factor is that the Dane likes to move in stealth mode.

Rarely are transfers leaked to the media until they are at the very final stages, such as the Wilson Odobert move last summer, which saw the Frenchman officially announced just minutes after it was first leaked. Another case would be the proposed deal for Morgan Gibbs-White, which was nearly wrapped up within 24 hours before Evangelos Marinakis and Nottingham Forest foiled that by threatening legal action, creating a saga which lasted roughly two weeks before he signed a new contract with The Reds.

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