Tottenham confirm £17m sale and four player exits, but there are two big omissions
Tottenham Hotspur have confirmed the departures of four members of the first-team playing squad ahead of the 2025/26 season, as well as a handy £17m sale.
With plans underway to revamp the Tottenham first-team squad ahead of the next campaign, four players have departed the club, three of whom come to the conclusion of their contracts, while another returns to his parent club following a loan spell.
Spurs also confirmed their first official sale of the 2025 summer transfer window as an obligation to buy clause is set to be triggered in the coming weeks.
Finally, Tottenham Hotspur revealed that 10 different youth players have been released from the Development Squad and U18 set-up following the culmination of the 2024/25 campaign.
Tottenham announce 14 player exits and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg sale
Fraser Forster, Sergio Reguilon and Alfie Whiteman are all headed out the door at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium as free agents with their contracts at the club having ended, while Timo Werner packs his bags for RB Leipzig.
Forster made 34 appearances across all competitions, having joined from Southampton in the summer of 2022. He appeared 13 times this campaign but found himself third in the pecking order following the arrival of Antonin Kinsky in the January window.
Fellow goalkeeper Whiteman leaves Spurs having progressed through the academy system, but failed to make a senior first-team appearance for his boyhood club.
Reguilon, a £28 million signing from Real Madrid in 2020, had a bright start to his career in North London but in recent years struggled for opportunities and spent time away on loan at Atletico Madrid, Manchester United and Brentford.
Timo Werner rejoined Spurs on loan in the summer, after initially arriving in January of last season and struggled during his time in N17. He scored just once in 27 appearances, with that goal coming in a Carabao Cup win over Manchester City.
Tottenham also announced that youth prospects Will Andiyapan, Archie Baptiste, Jahziah Linton, Maxwell McKnight, Max Robson, Jaden Williams, Elliot Krasniqi, Timileyin Adekunle, Dante Orr and Charlie Warren will also depart the club this summer.
Finally, Spurs confirmed that Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg will join Marseille via a £17m obligation to buy inserted into the loan deal last summer.
Ben Davies and Mathys Tel are not mentioned
Interestingly, neither Ben Davies nor Mathys Tel are mentioned in Tottenham’s announcement.
Davies’ contract at Spurs runs out this summer, however, reports suggest that Tottenham could still extend the deal by an extra 12 months. The Welsh defender has also been linked with a potential move to Wrexham this week.
Mathys Tel’s loan period is set to come to an end in June, much like Timo Werner’s. However, Tottenham have made a conscious choice to announce the German forward’s departure, while leaving Tel’s future a mystery.
Tottenham have a £50m option to buy Tel this summer, but reports indicate that Daniel Levy wants to negotiate a discount with Bayern Munich.
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