{"id":192383,"date":"2025-07-16T07:40:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T07:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/16\/frank-identifies-100m-target-in-ambitious-next-tottenham-transfer-swoop\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T07:40:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T07:40:12","slug":"frank-identifies-100m-target-in-ambitious-next-tottenham-transfer-swoop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/16\/frank-identifies-100m-target-in-ambitious-next-tottenham-transfer-swoop\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank identifies \u00a3100m target in “ambitious” next Tottenham transfer swoop"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tottenham<\/a> manager Thomas Frank<\/a> is reported to be a real admirer of another England international, who’s made his way on to the Dane’s summer transfer shortlist amid all the drama surrounding Morgan Gibbs-White’s potential move to north London.<\/p>\n

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He’s expressed his desire to seal a Spurs switch.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Spurs are ready to back Frank with more new signings before deadline day on September 1, after already sealing deals for Mohammed Kudus, Kota Takai and Mathys Tel for a combined fee of around \u00a390 million.<\/p>\n

By all accounts, their total expenditure should be around \u00a3150 million right now, and it would be if not for the bizarre situation with Gibbs-White.<\/p>\n

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After a round of quick-fire talks late last week, Tottenham were ready to trigger the 25-year-old’s \u00a360 million release clause<\/a>, and his transfer to N17 was so advanced that Spurs booked medical tests for Gibbs-White on Friday.<\/p>\n

However, in a stunning twist, Forest then unexpectedly blocked his move, amid a complaint to the Premier League<\/a>, with Evangelos Marinakis and co believing Tottenham tapped up Gibbs-White and obtained knowledge of his release clause illegally (Ben Jacobs<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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Now, Forest are adamant that Gibbs-White isn’t going anywhere (Sky Sports<\/a>), but Spurs still remain hopeful of eventually getting a deal done<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As Frank waits for further clarification on whether the Lilywhites can indeed get Gibbs-White over the line, with Forest digging their heels in, reports suggest that Tottenham also want to add a new traditional central midfielder to their ranks.<\/p>\n

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According to GiveMeSport, a ‘leading target’ for Frank in that position is Crystal Palace sensation Adam Wharton<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The England international’s 2024 performances earned him a spot in Gareth Southgate’s Three Lions squad for the Euros, and even though his latest campaign was hampered somewhat by injury, Wharton is still regarded as one of the country’s best rising stars.<\/p>\n

GMS reports that Frank has personally identified Wharton as a potential Tottenham signing<\/a>, and what’s more, they might not be deterred by the 21-year-old’s seismic \u00a3100 million price tag.<\/p>\n

Palace are using Declan Rice’s \u00a3105 million move to Arsenal in 2023 as a yardstick for Wharton’s valuation, as they hold the player in similar regard, but this hasn’t completely turned Spurs away. They could yet still open talks for the ex-Blackburn Rovers starlet in an “ambitious” move, even if Daniel Levy<\/a> would have to completely shatter Tottenham’s transfer record.<\/p>\n

In their published set of financial accounts, Levy stated that Spurs ‘cannot spend what they do not have’, but the club’s summer spree thus far has sparked claims of both a cash injection from ENIC and a potential stadium naming rights deal on the horizon (The Telegraph<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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