Man City’s updated Savinho stance as huge Tottenham offer mooted
Man City managed to hold on to Savinho during the summer as Tottenham increase their efforts for the winger.
Towards the latter stages of the summer transfer window, sources told Football Insider that Man City remained firm on not selling Savinho to Tottenham.
Football Insider exclusively revealed on 21 September that Tottenham are monitoring Sevilla’s Ruben Vargas as an alternative to the Brazilian.
Man City fans called for Savinho to be sold after reports emerged of the club in talks with the player over a new deal.
Man City place £65m price tag on Savinho as Tottenham review their options
As I revealed on the latest edition of Football Insider’s Inside Track podcast, the Cityzens are unwilling to let go of their tricky winger.
Thomas Frank is still a big admirer of the Brazilian but Pep Guardiola appears to be undeterred from ensuring to keep the 21-year-old as a City player.
Speaking on the Inside Track podcast, I explained: “Spurs remain interested in Savinho. There’s no doubt about that. So they will continue to monitor the situation at the hand and his playing time.
“Look, as you mentioned there, he just made his first start of the season in that Carabao Cup win against Huddersfield [24 September] and he scored in that game as well.
“So he’ll be hoping that might be a springboard for him to maybe become a regular in peps starting XI in the next few weeks as well. He’ll earn more minutes.
“But look, Man City were very fast in their desire to keep hold of Savinho in the summer. They rebuffed any interest from Tottenham saying that he wasn’t for sale and they put a huge price tag of around £65million on his head to try and scare off Tottenham as well.”
Mohammed Kudus showing his worth as Tottenham in no rush to get Savinho
Whilst the desire to sign the ex-Girona starlet will persist in north London, the Danish manager will be more than content with his current selection of right-wingers.
Mohammed Kudus was the signing of the summer for Tottenham and has been hugely impressive this season.
The Ghanian has already racked up three assists in five Premier League matches and is currently outshining Savinho based on form.
Dejan Kulusevski is also expected to return before the turn of the year, which will give Frank a superb set of right-wingers to utilise.
The ex-Brentford boss will be happy with his current selection especially if City drastically raise their asking price for Savinho to an eye-watering amount.