Tuesday, August 16, 2022 at 10:09• Mart Oude Nijeweeme • Last update: 10:14

Tottenham Hotspur are about to sell Tanguy Ndombele. The midfielder is leased for a year to Napoli, which has an option to buy €30 million, Fabrizio Romano and Gianluca Di Marzio report. Ndombele is still regarded as Tottenham’s record purchase. The Spurs In the summer of 2019, they deposited no less than sixty million euros for the midfielder.

The presence of Ndombele is a problem for the club management of Tottenham. The Frenchman is not only a record purchase, but also earns a considerable salary. Departure is therefore seen by all parties as the best solution. Last winter, Ndombele was already loaned out to Olympique Lyon, the club that sold him to Tottenham in 2019. The French also had an option to buy, but decided not to exercise it.

The intention is that Ndombele should be rented by Napoli for a year with a purchase option of thirty million euros. The club from Naples is confident that the midfielder will be available for the coming season. Ndombele is said to have already informed his teammates at Tottenham that he is on his way to Serie A. Negotiations are said to have accelerated after Napoli’s victory in the opening game against Verona (2-5), which has helped some of the discontent. was taken away.

Napoli lost Kalidou Koulibaly to Chelsea, Dries Mertens to Galatasaray and Lorenzo Insigne to Toronto FC. Ndombele hopes to revive his career in Italy. In North London, the seven-time international of France under three different managers did not shine. Low point of his English period was the FA Cup match with Morecambe (3-1 win). The Frenchman was massively treated to booing during the cup match at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. His contract runs until mid-2025.


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