From Jim's chair
Three pieces of news landed this week, and counter to most of the reporting they're all positive. Even the one some outlets painted as a setback.
First, Ben Davies signed a new one-year deal. Not glamorous, but think about what we get: cover at right centre-back, left centre-back and left-back for £40k a week on a free. With rumors of Dragusin being sold and Takai going on loan, Davies is a piece of insurance from us walking straight back into another injury crisis. He's not clogging the squad he frees the transfer budget for the positions that actually need fixing and allows other young players a loan opportunity ahead of bench warming with us (Philips, Takai and Byfield)
Second, Marcos Senesi is officially in. The data tells the story. Top-percentile long passing, through balls and progressive passes, a genuine creative force from defence and a profile that complements van de Ven beautifully. The one concern is aerial duels: both our left centre backs are weak there. But it's a solvable problem.
And then the real headline. Sebastian Kehl won't be our sporting director. The reason it fell through is the best part. De Zerbi wanted input on who he works with, and the club listened. The most important football brain in the building, the manager, gets a real voice in the rebuild. Kehl's recruitment at Dortmund was patchy at best. We've dodged something. We've gained something better: alignment.
Best Spurs day in months. Tonight I'm back with Enya and JJ going deeper into some potential transfer targets this summer you can watch in the world cup. Spoiler. Angelo Stiller is my favourite! He is in the Germany squad, a solution to our midfield issues and cheaper than Wharton. Wonderful player. Check him out!
COYS
– Jim
A Bit of Waffle Part 2
Okay, it’s actually almost go time. The World Cup started on Thursday and the best tournament in the entire world has commenced. On top of all that, we are trying our best to keep up with all of the transfer rumors and club updates…
This summer is going to be wild.
Now, again, there was nothing special that happened this week so please forgive me (the editor and producer) for the rather bare bones newsletter. I swear it’ll be more interesting next week once all the games have begun!!
Other than that, there are a few updates on the academy and the Women’s team, but that’s about it!
THE ROUND UP
Players Representing Their Countries at the WC 2026
All players on the Men’s first team playing in the World Cup are as follows:
Kevin Danso, Austria
Djed Spence, England
Micky van de Ven, Netherlands
Rodrigo Bentancur, Uruguay
Lucas Bergvall, Sweden
Pape Matar Sarr, Senegal
Luka Vuskovic, Croatia
Andy Robertson, Scotland
Cristian Romero & Marcos Senesi, Argentina
Pedro Porro, Spain
Taken from @spursofficial. Not pictured: Marcos Senesi
The World Cup began on June 11 2026 and will conclude on July 19 2026.