5 players Tottenham could sign with £150m budget with Antonio Conte keen on 3 new faces
Tottenham's summer rebuild is already taking shape, with three new signings and head coach Antonio Conte boosted by an injection of £150 million into his transfer pot.
A spirited late run to overhaul north London neighbours Arsenal clinched a top-four spot - and the return of Champions League football for the first time since 2019 – to ease the pressure on chairman Daniel Levy. Conte is prepared to sacrifice fringe players, including Harry Winks, Giovanni Lo Celso and Joe Rodon, to finance his summer trolley dash.
And although he began his shopping early, including Brighton midfielder Yves Bissouma for £25 million plus add-ons, the fiery Italian wants at least three more new faces before pre-season training kicks in. Here, Mirror Sport looks at five potential new signings at Tottenham as Conte's refurbishment of the squad gathers pace.
It seems only a matter of when, not if, the Middlesbrough wing-back completes his switch from Teesside to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
After a stellar season on loan at Nottingham Forest, helping the Tricky Trees to end their 23-year exile from the Premier League with promotion via the play-offs, Spence was a wanted man even before he returned to his parent club. Spurs made an exploratory bid for him in January, which was rejected by Boro, and chairman Daniel Levy is believed to have taken personal charge of negotiations to bring Spence to north London.
Emerson Royal's hit-and-miss first season at Tottenham, and Matt Doherty's serious knee injury sustained at Aston Villa on the run-in, has made the right wing-back position a major priority in Conte's summer makeover. A deal of around £15 million, with add-ons, is thought to be close, and 21-year-old Spence is likely to be the next


