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Tottenham fans will be keeping their fingers crossed for a potential new signing on transfer deadline day. There are now only a matter of hours left in the transfer window with clubs having until 11pm this evening to finalise their summer business.

Spurs have so far added six players to their squad for the 2024/25 campaign following the additions of Lucas Bergvall, Timo Werner, Archie Gray, Dominic Solanke, Yang Min-hyeok and Wilson Odobert. South Korean ace Yang signed on the dotted line last month but it won’t be until 2025 when he arrives in north London following the conclusion of the K League season.

Amid speculation regarding five of the six aforementioned players before they joined Tottenham, Odobert’s transfer to the north London club actually flew completely under the radar. Perhaps the first whispers of a Tottenham transfer came less than an hour before the club officially announced the signing of the Frenchman in a deal worth £25million plus another £5million in add-ons. It was a deal that took many completely by surprise.

Although next to nothing was said about Odobert potentially swapping Burnley for Tottenham, Postecoglou said in his pre-match press conference ahead of last Saturday’s Everton game that the club had identified the youngster “really early on in the summer”.
“We went through the same sort of processes. He’s one that we identified really early on in the summer. It’s no secret we were looking for a wide player and Wilson was one of the ones we highlighted,” said the 59-year-old.

“We had to go through certain steps to get these things done. They’re not as straight forward as saying ‘that’s who we want, go and get them’. Obviously getting big Dom [Solanke] in was very important for us and we spent a lot of time working on that deal but once Dom was done there was one target and that was Wilson and that happened really quickly.

“I really like the way he plays in the wide areas. He’s different to our other wingers. He’s a dribbler, he likes to get into the front third. He can play either side, he can play central. He’s had a really good development if you look at his trajectory from PSG as a youngster to Troyes, playing in Ligue 1, and France and Premier League football before the age of 19. I think he ticked all the boxes for us and he’s a fantastic young bloke as well, so really happy to get him in.”

As the signing of Odobert very much came out of the blue to supporters, it perhaps gives the club’s fans hope that Tottenham can still seal another transfer incoming before the 11pm deadline. After all, Postecoglou stated when speaking about Odobert that it “happened really quickly”.

Finally fixing a key issue in their squad by signing a new striker and also bringing in some talented players for the future, Tottenham’s squad does look to be in a good position for the first half of the 2024/25 campaign. However, Spurs may just be one too short at centre-back as things stand, although Postecoglou did mention last week that Gray can play at the heart of defence if required.

The addition of a new left-sided centre-back would be a good end to the transfer window for the club and supporters will be praying that it is something the Lilywhites can finalise over the coming hours. Outgoings may dominate the final day of the summer window for Tottenham but the surprise element of the Odobert signing is proof that anything can happen in the transfer market.