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Tottenham have been given the chance to sign ‘creative’ £20m playmaker at last minute

Charles Jones

Wed 29 January 2025 10:45, UK

We’re into the final knockings of the January transfer window, and Tottenham are yet to make any serious moves.

Spurs have signed Antonin Kinsky as a new goalkeeper, but, other than that, there’s been no new arrivals at Tottenham despite the fact Spurs are facing an unprecedented injury crisis.

Tottenham have a lot of problems at the moment, they’ve lost six of their last seven league games and sit 15^th in the Premier League.

Position	Team	Played MP	Won W	Drawn D	Lost L	For GF	Against GA	Diff GD	Points Pts
15	TottenhamTottenham	23	7	3	13	46	37	9	24

Ange Postecoglou is under pressure, and one thing is for sure, he needs backing in the transfer window.

Tottenham have looked at a number of players this month.

Tottenham wanted Randal Kolo Muani before his move to Juventus, while Jonathan David has been linked to Tottenham too.

Speaking on the Ranks FC Podcast, Dean Jones has now shared another Tottenham transfer update, claiming that Rayan Cherki has been offered to Spurs.

Rayan Cherki offered to Tottenham

Jones spoke about Cherki’s situation at Lyon.

The journalist says that the midfielder has been offered around to a number of clubs, with Spurs are Newcastle being two that have been given the option to sign Cherki before the transfer window closes.

“I want to talk about Rayan Cherki at Lyon. This guy is being touted around everywhere,” Jones said.

“20 million pounds seems like a very, very low fee for a player who has been this creative this season.

“Yeah, I think there’s a reason that nobody’s bitten on it yet. There’s been a lot of talk about his personality fit for a lot of teams, potentially whether he has the right attitude and application to make the step. I’m not sure that Lyon are as in a desperate financial state now as people were expecting them.

“But I think it’s from a Cherki’s representative’s perspective that we’re seeing this one pushed at the moment.

“Spurs and Newcastle are two of the clubs that are being offered him. I’m not convinced that either of them are sure about this one.

“Neither of them play with the number 10, or at least a very, very obvious number 10. And Rayan Cherki is very much a number 10.

“Yeah. I think there’s obvious reasons for Tottenham to steer clear of this one right now. I think”

Tottenham signings from Ligue 1

Cherki is an exciting talent. After all, Cherki has been linked to many top clubs.

However, Spurs have been here before, and they need to tread carefully here.

Indeed, Tottenham have often dipped into Ligue 1 to make big signings only for these deals to not work out as planned.

Pape Sarr has been decent since arriving from Metz, but he’s the exception rather than the rule.

Tanguy Ndombele was a serious flop for Tottenham after arriving from Lyon, while Clinton N’Jie had a similar trajectory.

Serge Aurier blew hot and cold after arriving from PSG, as did Lucas Moura, despite his historic hat-trick against Ajax in the 2019 Champions League semi-finals.

Georges-Kevin Nkoudou barely made any impact at Tottenham, while Benjamin Stambouli could easily be forgotten as a Spurs player too.

Etienne Capoue was a talented player on his day, but, once again, he was largely inconsistent.

You have to go all the way back to the signing of Hugo Lloris in 2012 to find a genuine home run of a signing for Tottenham from Ligue 1, and, for that reason, they may be best off steering clear of Cherki.