Sandro Tonali: Tottenham agree club-record £100m deal to sign Newcastle midfielder

Tottenham have agreed a club-record £100m deal to sign midfielder Sandro Tonali from Newcastle.

Spurs are set to pay £92.5m plus £7.5m in achievable add-ons for the 26-year-old.

For the second day running, Roberto De Zerbi's side have committed to smashing their transfer record.

On Monday, Spurs agreed an £85m deal with West Ham for midfielder Mateus Fernandes.

The prospective deals for Fernandes and Tonali come after Spurs agreed on Wednesday to sell defender Luka Vuskovic for £50m to Brighton.

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Spurs' transfer dealings so far

Andy Robertson - Liverpool, free

Marcos Senesi - Bournemouth, free

Martin Dubravka - Burnley, free

Jan Paul Van Hecke - Brighton, £52m

Mateus Fernandes - West Ham, £85m*

Sandro Tonali - Newcastle, £100m*

* Deals agreed, but transfers subject to completion

Total transfer spend so far: £237m*

How can Spurs afford this summer spree?

Analysis from Sky Sports News reporter Michael Bridge:

The big change has been the will of the leadership to spend on transfer fees and wages to compete with the top teams. After narrowly missing out on relegation, the message was 'never again'.

Spurs have qualified for European football in 17 years out of 20. They've had the lowest wages-to-turnover ratio in the league over the last few years.

They've invested well in the local area in terms of land, building the best stadium. That stadium is arguably one of the best in the world, and it is generating unbelievable revenue.

The criticism in the past from Spurs fans was that they're not seeing that money being spent on the pitch.

The promise of the Lewis family, Vinai Venkatesham and Peter Charrington is that they will be doing this going forward and using the revenue from things like the stadium to improve the first team. That will be a big boost in terms of their spending.

There will also be sales this summer, which will be required just in terms of creating space in the squad for all these new signings and the fact there will be fewer games to contend with after dropping out of Europe.

If you look at the players that could go – Lucas Bergvall, Luka Vuskovic, Cristian Romero, Pape Matar Sarr, Richarlison – that could raise a lot of money for Spurs.

The Lewis family injected £100m into the club this summer – and that takes them up to £200m since 2025 – but that was for the day-to-day running of the club rather than for transfer spending.