Tottenham Negotiates Double Deal for Savinho and Marmoush
Tottenham Hotspur are in negotiations with Manchester City over a double move for forwards Savinho and Omar Marmoush, with the London club pushing hard to reshape their attack before the new season.
Talks are active, but no agreement is in place yet, according to sources contacted by BBC Sport. The numbers, and whether it becomes one deal or two separate transfers, are still being worked through.
Savinho seeks exit after stalled City spell
Spurs’ interest in Brazilian winger Savinho is not new. The 22-year-old has been on their radar since 2025, but his move to City has not unfolded as planned.
Signed for £30m in 2024, he managed only seven Premier League starts last season. For a player tipped to light up the league, that return has left him on the fringes and now pushing for a way out.
He wants minutes. Tottenham need spark. The fit is obvious; the fee is not.
City are expected to demand a sizeable profit, and that stance is shaping the pace of the talks.
Marmoush out of favour under Guardiola
On the other side of the potential double swoop is Omar Marmoush, whose momentum at City stalled last season.
The Egyptian forward, 27, arrived from Eintracht Frankfurt in 2025 for £59m, carrying the reputation of a versatile, hard-running attacker. But under Pep Guardiola in 2025-26, he slipped down the pecking order.
Marmoush scored eight goals in 36 appearances in all competitions. Respectable numbers, but not enough to cement his place in a squad chasing every major trophy. By the end of the campaign, he had clearly fallen out of favour.
City’s exact valuation of Marmoush and Savinho remains unclear, but internally the club expects to make significant profit on both, a theme of their business this summer.
De Zerbi’s rebuild tilts towards attack
For Tottenham, this is about more than opportunism. It is about urgency.
Roberto de Zerbi has already overseen a major midfield overhaul, with £185m spent on Mateus Fernandes and Sandro Tonali. The message is blunt: control the ball better, dictate games, change the team’s identity.
But the league table from last season tells its own story. Spurs finished 17th and scored only 48 goals. For a club that once prided itself on attacking football, that return is alarming.
De Zerbi wants firepower. Width. Runners. Players who can break lines on their own. Savinho and Marmoush tick those boxes in different ways – one a direct, creative winger; the other a flexible forward who can operate across the front line.
If Tottenham get both, the front half of the pitch looks very different overnight.
Gakpo interest lingers – but money matters
Tottenham have not dropped their interest in Liverpool’s Cody Gakpo. The Dutch forward remains on their list as an alternative – or possibly an extra piece – if the market breaks in their favour.
The question is simple and brutal: can they afford him as well as two signings from City?
After heavy investment in midfield, Spurs are walking a financial tightrope. Any move for Gakpo alongside deals for Savinho and Marmoush would require careful structuring or significant sales.
For now, the priority sits with the City pair. Gakpo stays in the background, a live option but not the immediate one.
City continue to reshape squad
At the Etihad, this is another step in a wider reset.
City have already moved on several key names this summer, including Rodri, Tijjani Reijnders and James Trafford. Each departure has brought in money and opened space in a squad that rarely stands still for long.
Letting Savinho and Marmoush go would follow that pattern: buy aggressively, develop, sell at a profit, refresh again.
The champions are not under pressure to sell. That gives them leverage, and Tottenham know it.
Clock ticking towards opening weekend
All of this plays out with the season about to start.
Tottenham open their Premier League campaign away at Brentford on Saturday. City host Bournemouth on Sunday.
By then, Spurs will hope their forward line looks a little less thin – and a lot more dangerous. Whether that includes Savinho, Marmoush, Gakpo, or someone else entirely will say plenty about how serious this rebuild really is.
