Dream Tottenham XI for 2026/27 season features three signings from Premier League rivals

Tottenham want a critical overhaul this summer time to problem for the Champions League locations once more.

Spurs fought the drop till the ultimate day of the 2025/26 marketing campaign, managing to remain up by two factors.

It was the second straight season they’ve completed seventeenth within the Premier League.

The marketing campaign was turbulent, with the Lilywhites sacking Thomas Frank, Igor Tudor and finally deciding on Roberto De Zerbi.

The Italian coach managed to revitalise his squad throughout their survival struggle, which was stuffed with gamers who had received the Europa League solely 12 months earlier.

The ex-Brighton boss holds a number of energy on the north London membership and has utilized stress on the sporting director Johan Lange, telling him to ‘construct a brand new staff’.

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After final summer time’s bids for Antoine Semenyo, Morgan Gibbs-White and Eberechi Eze all failed, will the Spurs hierarchy have the ability to recruit the gamers the brand new head coach needs to draw?

To ensure that Tottenham to progress up the league, talkSPORT.com has checked out how the beginning lineup can have a look at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium subsequent yr.

Bart Verbruggen

The north London devoted have debated which goalkeeper ought to begin between the sticks, as final season featured a variation of two goalkeepers.

Guglielmo Vicario has been criticised by the Spurs followers throughout his tenure within the first staff, conceding 170 targets and maintaining solely 29 clear sheets since he joined in 2023.

Nonetheless, the Italian has struggled with hernia issues and was left uncovered by his defenders a number of instances, main him to face extra photographs heading in the right direction than some other staff within the Premier League.

Vicario can be prone to go away the membership this summer time with a number of Serie A golf equipment .

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Antonin Kinsky, who was written off after his disastrous 17-minute look within the Champions League, performed a key position of their survival.

He performed within the remaining seven video games of the season and made big reflex saves in opposition to Leeds and Everton that helped maintain Spurs up.

Regardless of the Czech participant’s heroics, De Zerbi is focused on Brighton’s goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen as a long-term pillar for the membership at solely 23-years-old.

Whereas Kinsky impressed within the latter a part of the season, the present Seagulls ‘keeper performs comfortably in possession and performs the ball out from the again, making him a pure match for the Italian coach’s tactical fashion.

The Dutch keeper has develop into a staple for a Brighton facet which secured Convention League qualification and has managed to safe his spot within the Netherlands’ 26-man World Cup squad.

Jan Paul van Hecke

A double Seagull assault? Funnily sufficient, there’s one other Dutch participant who has expertise beneath the Spurs boss.

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talkSPORT understands the Lilywhites have submitted a bid for Van Hecke, however was rejected.

Talks are persevering with between the 2 Premier League golf equipment, with the Dutchman presently refusing to signal a brand new contract at Brighton, with solely 14 months left on his present deal.

The defender has made 36 appearances for the south coast outfit this season, scoring three targets and offering three assists from the backline.

Van Hecke could be a pure Cristian Romero substitute after the Argentine was lambasted for the assorted poor choices he made all through final season, receiving two pink playing cards for his conduct.

Moreover, it is uncertain the membership’s captain would return to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium after supporters turned on him when it was leaked that he deliberate to journey to Argentina as a substitute of watching his staff’s essential remaining day survival struggle.

Although he did find yourself returning to the capital to see Spurs safe survival.

Van Hecke may very well be part of a backline duo along with his fellow countryman – Micky van de Ven.

Andy Robertson and Marcos Senesi

The Liverpool and Bournemouth defenders are each prone to be a part of on free transfers when their contracts finish at their present membership.

Regardless of being new, the pair haven’t made it to talkSPORT’s beginning XI, nevertheless, depth inside the squad shall be essential after experiencing the best variety of gamers to overlook video games throughout two consecutive campaigns.

Future Udogie has had his season ripped aside attributable to accidents, nevertheless, when accessible, he has appeared sturdy for De Zerbi and may very well be a greater long-term possibility.

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Moreover, Spurs have carried out a significant overview of their medical division to see whether or not the interior employees are contributing to the membership’s ongoing harm disaster.

No Conor Gallagher

After the ex-Marseille supervisor was appointed, Spurs received three video games however solely attributable to scrappy Joao Palhinha targets from set-pieces.

De Zerbi might want to make use of a playmaker to create extra possibilities for the Lilywhites when attacking.

Gallagher was praised by his present boss after the ultimate day in opposition to Everton, nevertheless his marketing campaign has been inconsistent since his arrival from Atletico Madrid for £35m.

He solely scored one purpose in 18 matches, throughout all competitions.

As an alternative, Archie Grey has confirmed his worth since becoming a member of Spurs and has proven his versatility, taking part in in defence or being a holding midfielder. Nonetheless, the Beneath-21 England worldwide shall be hoping to seek out his position within the Italian’s staff subsequent season.

Alternatively, Spurs have did not win a recreation whereas Rodrigo Bentancur was sidelined with a hamstring difficulty, however after his return, he aided Spurs in securing 11 factors, out of a doable 18, from their remaining six video games.

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Savinho

Tottenham have been linked with a transfer for the Brazilian winger after being unable to finish to switch final summer time.

After he joined Manchester Metropolis from Girona for £31m in 2024, the Residents anticipate a £60million price for the 22-year-old.

Savinho is an thrilling winger recognized for his technical high quality, directness and velocity – one thing that the Lilywhites have lacked in assault all through their disastrous season.

For the Manchester-based outfit, Savinho has netted seven targets regardless of being restricted to beginning minutes in comparison with Metropolis’s senior wingers.

Nonetheless, it has urged the teenager to seek for a brand new problem the place he can showcase his capacity after he missed out on Brazil’s 55-man preliminary World Cup squad.

Mohammed Kudus and Dominic Solanke

Regardless of solely that includes in 19 video games throughout the marketing campaign, Kudus had the joint-highest variety of assists for Tottenham.

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The Ghana worldwide missed out on his World Cup place after he picked up a hamstring harm in January and endured an extra setback in April, which means he didn’t take to the pitch for a single recreation beneath Tudor or the present coach.

With hopefully an enormous summer time break forward of him, the 25-year-old can have a recent begin at first of the brand new marketing campaign – Kudus would possibly really feel like a model new signing.

One other participant dealing with an analogous difficulty was Solanke after he joined two years in the past from Bournemouth for the north London membership’s report switch price.

He missed nearly all of the primary half of this season with an ankle harm and struggled to make an prompt affect upon his return.

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Moreover, the 28-year-old suffered one other blow after selecting up a muscle difficulty in April, which left the England worldwide ignored for the summer time event.

Will probably be key for Spurs to maintain these two attackers match for almost all of subsequent yr to make sure a goalfest for De Zerbi and his facet.

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