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How Mathys Tel really feels about signing for Tottenham permanently
Mathys Tel joined Tottenham on deadline day on loan with an option to buy.
Tel made a dramatic U-turn in the final hours of the transfer window as he agreed to sign for Tottenham.
Initially, it looked like Spurs would only sign Tel on loan, but, at the end of the day, it emerged that Tel had agreed an option to buy.
Tel will sign a six-year deal with Spurs if he stays on beyond this season, but according to Dean Jones, speaking on the Ranks FC Podcast, that isn’t necessarily a foregone conclusion.
Indeed, according to Jones, the feeling around Tel is that he doesn’t fully want to leave Bayern Munich and even if he does well at Spurs, he may angle for a return to Bavaria.
Mathys Tel not overly keen on permanent Tottenham move
Jones shared what he knows about Tel after he signed for Tottenham.
The journalist says that Spurs do want this to eventually be a permanent deal, but the player isn’t overly keen on leaving Bayern Munich.
“At the end of the day, even if it was a dry loan, which it was going to be, in that moment, I spoke to Tottenham and I wrote a story about it. It was like Tottenham still, I think I tweeted it, I think, rather than wrote about it, it was like, Tottenham still intend to make this a permanent signing, like this isn’t what they want, like they’ll do it. If this is the way to do it, then all they’ll do over the following months is try to convince him that this is the place for him.”
“I have to admit, I still feel like the player doesn’t fully want to leave Bayern Munich, and even if he does really well here at Tottenham, he might see it as, well, if I do really well, I can play for Bayern Munich again. So maybe I’m being cynical about that, but I get that impression. He didn’t really want this transfer to happen, did he?
“It was only when Man United pulled out that it came back on the table because he wanted to go there.
“Yeah, I mean, there is an element, I imagine, that he really did want to go out and get minutes, whether that meant he wanted to depart Bayern permanently or not, it is a different question. But I’m quite interested with this whole Ange Postecoglou getting on the phone and basically being like, look, this is how I see you fitting into my system. This is where I foresee you getting minutes.”
Tottenham compared to Bayern Munich
Tel is a top talent, and it’s not hard to figure out why he wants to stay at Bayern Munich.
Indeed, if Harry Kane eventually chose Bayern over Tottenham, you can see why a young striker with no real affinity for Spurs would want to make the same decision.
Simply put, history suggests that your career prospects are much better at Bayern Munich than they are at Tottenham.
| Tottenham | Bayern Munich | |
| 2 | League titles | 33 |
| 0 | Champions League titles | 6 |
| 12 | Domestic cups | 20 |
| 14th | Current League position | 1st |
Bayern are, quite simply, one of the greatest and most historical club teams on the planet. Meanwhile, Tottenham haven’t won a trophy in 17 years at this point and they’re currently 14th in the Premier League.
Whether or not Tel ends up returning to Bayern Munich remains to be seen, but, by the sounds of it, he is keen to kick on in Bavaria and become a key player for Vincent Kompany’s side.