Tottenham next transfer priorities clear amid Premier League and Champions League squad rules

Tottenham fans will be hoping that Fabio Paratici has something else up his sleeve after a summer like no other in north London. Tending to bide their time in the transfer market before making their move in the past, Spurs already have six new players signed on ahead of their opening game of the new season against Southampton.

Djed Spence was the latest to complete a move to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, joining from Middlesbrough on Tuesday morning for a fee of £12.5million rising to £20million with add-ons. As much as all supporters would love the players to keep on coming in through the door, the priority for Paratici and Spurs is to now move players on to ensure they have a balanced squad.

Spurs have to keep to the squad rules in both the Premier League and Champions League, something which has proved rather tricky in the past due to the different non-homegrown and homegrown player regulations in the aforementioned competitions. So how are things currently looking for Tottenham and what does Paratici need to do before the end of the transfer window?

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Let's start with the Premier League and the rules all 20 clubs have to follow. Premier League rules state that no more than 17 overseas players can be named as part of the 25-man squad, with the remaining eight places available to homegrown players.

As well as that, teams also name a separate U21s list for the season, something Tottenham took full advantage of last campaign with Ryan Sessegnon, Oliver Skipp and Dejan Kulusevski able to be listed with the U21 players. Following the club's January business, Spurs had five spare places in their 25-man squad after only submitting 20