Tottenham Hotspur hold some lucrative, high-profile players within the first-team squad. Harry Kane might have been sold to Bayern Munich for an initial fee of £82m last summer, but rich is the crop headed by Ange Postecoglou.
Heung-min Son, Dejan Kulusevski, James Maddison, Micky van de Ven and Cristian Romero. Not an exhaustive list but an illustration of the talent at Tottenham’s disposal. Postecoglou was tasked with building something from rubble when arriving last year and he certainly has some solid framework.
Of course, there are also some players on the other end of the spectrum currently plying their trade down N17. And while Spurs have demonstrated their intent in shipping on strugglers, a few names linger.
| Spurs’ Lowest-valued First-teamers | ||
|---|---|---|
| Player | Age | Market Value |
| Manor Solomon | 24 | £10.2m |
| Giovani Lo Celso | 27 | £9m |
| Ben Davies | 30 | £8.8m |
| Bryan Gil | 23 | £8m |
| Fraser Forster | 36 | £1.1m |
There’s actually a still-competing Spurs star sold for a lucrative fee who sits at the nadir of that list in Kevin Wimmer, whose departure has proved to be masterful work from Daniel Levy and co.
Why Spurs sold Kevin Wimmer
Spurs signed former Austria international Wimmer from FC Koln for a reasonable £4m figure way back in 2015 following the defender’s impressive displays in the German Bundesliga, chalking up 75 appearances.
Wimmer, aged 22 at the time, had previously admitted that it would be a “dream to move” to a club like Tottenham, though this devolved into a nightmare as he failed to make his mark across two campaigns.
Indeed, Wimmer didn’t even make his league debut until January 2016, serving as an unused substitute across nine matches before finally earning a shot off the bench, and then making nine successive Premier League starts in the rearguard.
In fairness, he kept four clean sheets and won seven matches during this run, but Mauricio Pochettino opted not to entrust the 6 foot 2 titan with a starring role heading into the 2016/17 campaign, handing him only five features in the top flight, and so when Stoke City came a-calling with a staggering proposal, cashing in was a no-brainer.
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