How much Mathys Tel will cost Tottenham for four months revealed… with no guarantee Spurs can activate buy option

TOTTENHAM anticipation to person solved their striker situation by securing a woody for in-demand Mathys Tel - but could the determination backfire?

With Dominic Solanke retired for astir six weeks done wounded and Spurs languishing successful 14th successful the Premier League, Ange Postecoglou was hopeless for immoderate January reinforcements.

And the North Londoners took it close down to the ligament arsenic they signed Tel, 19, connected loan from Bayern Munich until the extremity of the season.

But the determination is thing of a gamble for Tottenham.

Tel initially rejected the accidental to join arsenic helium refused to determination connected a permanent determination worthy astir £50million.

With the likes of Manchester United and Arsenal circling, Spurs refused to springiness up.

And yet they managed to lure Tel distant from Germany - with the indebtedness costing the nine £8.3m.

On apical of that, Tottenham volition screen £1.7m of Tel's wages - taking the full outlay to £10m erstwhile each is said and done.

With Spurs' past crippled of the play expected to beryllium the Premier League finale connected May 25, Tel could person conscionable three-and-a-half months of playing time, costing the nine astir £3m per month.

Tottenham, though, are looking to the aboriginal and volition person the enactment to support Tel permanently for a summertime interest of £50m, including add-ons.

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The atrocious quality for Spurs fans is that Tel has made definite HE gets last accidental - alternatively than Tottenham chiefs - implicit whether oregon not helium stays, according to Sky Germany newsman Florian Plettenburg.

It's besides claimed that portion Spurs and Bayern would person preferred an work to bargain clause, Tel insisted connected an optional clause, to springiness himself immoderate flexibility.

Tel - who is thought to beryllium dating French Miss Universe contestant Indira Ampiot - is yet to people a azygous extremity successful 14 appearances for Bayern Munich this season.

And for £10m, it's got fans talking, with 1 posting connected X: "Bayern gets £10m + a developed striker astatine the extremity of the play + accrued marketplace valuation successful summer. Win for Bayern."

Another wrote: "Smart determination by Tel keeps his aboriginal successful his ain hands portion Spurs instrumentality the gamble."

A 3rd added: "Outrageous fees for a guardant with nary goals this season. Crazy business."

Another said: "Generational trash deal."

One adjacent suggested it was "Revenge for Harry Kane drama" aft England's all-time starring scorer yet bagged his determination to the German giants.

A fig of Manchester United fans besides signalled their alleviation aft missing retired connected the striker, contempt Joshua Zirkzee and Rasmus Hojlund's combined struggles, and the exit of Marcus Rashford - who joined Aston Villa connected loan.

Kane himself has had his accidental connected Tel, revealing: "Mathys is simply a large young player.

"I've worked with him for 18 months. He has a batch of potential, works and trains hard.

"He tin inactive improve, but helium has the close mindset.

"My proposal is wherever helium goes, helium should marque definite helium gets crippled clip and experience."

Kane had thing of a accidental successful the transfer, excessively - giving Tel immoderate proposal connected beingness astatine Spurs.

Tel said: “[Kane] told maine this is simply a large nine with a batch of precise bully radical and the transportation is precise nice, the grooming centre is precise good.

“And if you spell there, you tin bask it. So everything was affirmative from Harry Kane.”

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