Tottenham have shaken the transfer market, paying a record £100 million for Sandro Tonali. It is a remarkable outlay from a club that finished 17th last season. Alongside the Italy midfielder, Mateus Fernandes has also joined for £85 million, with the London side seeing off Manchester United to get him. The battle is over.
"There was only one," Tonali said when the interest from other clubs came up. Reporter Michael Bridge calls it a mega statement of intent. While their rivals hesitated, Tottenham took the £277 million in commercial revenue their new stadium has brought in and turned it straight into ambition. Jamie Redknapp believes this pair is exactly what the midfield has been crying out for.
In north London, the days of holding back are done. Ambition is measured in record fees now.
