Tottenham Hotspur are already being very active in the transfer market, and they are now in talks to seal yet another transfer for Roberto De Zerbi.

Spurs have already completed an agreement to sign Andy Robertson from Liverpool on a free transfer, while a move for Marcos Senesi has also been agreed, and a bid has been submitted for Brighton star Jan Paul van Hecke.

Talks are said to be ongoing with Manchester City over a deal for winger Savinho too, with the club making moves, and now it has emerged they are engaging in talks for someone De Zerbi is a big fan of.

Tottenham In Talks for Joao Palhinha Deal

According to Sky Sports Germany journalist Florian Plettenberg, Tottenham are engaged in talks with Bayern Munich over a deal to sign Joao Palhinha permanently this summer.

The Portugal international, who De Zerbi has described as ‘one of the best’, spent this season on loan in north London and scored some vital goals to help them avoid relegation, including the winner on the final day of the season against Everton.

Palhinha has attracted strong interest from former club Sporting CP, with personal terms already agreed about a potential return to Lisbon. However, he would prefer to stay in the Premier League with Spurs, and has given them his priority ahead of a summer exit from Bayern.

Spurs hold an option to make his loan move permanent for €30m (£25.9m) including bonuses, but they are not currently willing to pay that much, and have not triggered the option as a result.

But the clubs are in talks over a potential lower fee, with the north London side hopeful that an agreement can be reached as Bayern are hopeful of selling the 30-year-old permanently.

Tottenham Have Leverage to Seal Deal

Tottenham are expecting major changes in their squad during this summer window, and that means any stability that they can control would be a good thing.

Cristian Romero is expected to leave, as is goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario, but there is interest in a number of players looking at the rest of their squad. De Zerbi will want to keep a lot of those players, and that includes Palhinha.

Bayern don’t want him, and the player wants to join, so Spurs have all the leverage to get a deal done. But they can’t wait too long or they risk allowing other teams to step in and hijack it. Tottenham must now get this deal done, or ENIC will have major questions to answer.

It is almost a foregone conclusion that Liverpool will be linked with a number of Bournemouth players in this summer transfer window.

Leaving the Vitality Stadium after three years in the dugout, Spaniard Andoni Iraola is the new manager at Liverpool, having replaced the sacked Arne Slot at the helm.

Iraola enjoyed three successful years on the south coast, guiding the Cherries to the UEFA Europa League for the first time in their history at the end of this season, ending the campaign 18 games unbeaten.

Iraola likely to be linked with Bournemouth’s best

Now with work to do at Anfield to get Liverpool back challenging for the Premier League title, after the Reds only finished fifth this season, one place above Bournemouth, Iraola may look at some of his old players to do a job for him in the north west.

Marcos Senesi is already leaving the Cherries, set to sign on a free transfer from Tottenham, while the likes of Alex Scott, Eli Junior Kroupi and Rayan have all been linked with a move away from the south coast club.

Rayan has a £130million release clause, although it does not come into effect until the January transfer window, while if Scott does not agree to sign a new contract, Bournemouth may be forced to sell to one of the big six in the Premier League.

Junior Kroupi has already attracted the attention of Arsenal who are on the lookout for a new striker this summer, but the teen sensation is now being linked with a move to Liverpool too.

Junior Kroupi was a Premier League record-breaker

The striker broke Premier League records this season when he scored the most goals by a teenager in a single Premier League campaign, beating Robbie Keane and Robbie Folwer by netting 13 goals.

He has also been likened to Arsenal legend Thierry Henry, with analytical website Breaking The Lines saying: “He has all the hallmarks of a potential world-class striker with traits not dissimilar to Thierry Henry, especially in the entirely indiscriminate way that he finishes the chances that are created for him. He also shares the searing pace that a young version of Henry was so famous for.”

Iraola knows what it would take to sign Kroupi for Liverpool, having probably been privy to talks over Bournemouth’s transfer plans before he left.

According to the i paper, there is an expectation that Kroupi will stay on the south coast this summer, although he does not have a release clause in his contract.

He has been labelled as a “special case” by the i paper, who say that his price tag would be “well in excess” of £100million and that three figures would be what is required to test the waters with Bournemouth over a deal.

Over the years, Pep Guardiola has come up against many worthy adversaries from within the world of football. It would be wrong to suggest he’s not gotten the better of all of them at one point or another.

Twice, for example, he beat Sir Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United side in the Champions League final. In fact, Mikel Arteta is the only manager to finish ahead of Guardiola in the league twice with Arsenal – doing so in 2024/25 and then again in 2025/26 (although only the latter led to a Premier League title).

With that in mind, it’s no shock to learn that the Catalan coach has won three La Liga titles, three Bundesliga titles, six Premier Leagues, and the Champions League twice during his career as a manager. Talking more recently about his time in England, however, he has revealed one man was a ‘nightmare’ to come up against.

Guardiola Had Many Battles Against Premier League Icon

In an interview with Oasis musician Noel Gallagher on Manchester City’s website, Guardiola said that Jurgen Klopp was a nightmare to come up against when he was in charge of Liverpool. Even though he enjoyed a ‘good’ relationship with the German, he revealed how hard he found it to cope at Anfield, explaining:

Guardiola Had a Lot of Respect For Anfield

Not only was Klopp hard to come up against, but his iconic Liverpool team were boosted by an intimidating home ground. Indeed, Guardiola praised the stadium’s history:

Guardiola was pushed right to his limit in a number of title races, notably beating Liverpool by just one point during the 2018/19 season when Klopp’s men earned 97 points but still lost out. More pain happened for the Reds in 2019/20 when Man City managed 93 points, once again beating the German’s side by one point.

The former Barcelona manager has faced Klopp on 30 occasions across his career in total, coming up against Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool as Bayern Munich and Man City boss. In that time, he’s won 11 matches, drawn seven and lost 12. He’s never drawn or lost more times against any other manager.

They certainly had some legendary battles over the years.