Tottenham have to pay staggering fee to trigger Mykhailo Mudryk option to buy

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Tottenham Hotspur have inserted an option to buy in their loan agreement with Chelsea for Mykhailo Mudryk.The final days of the transfer window always tend to throw up big surprises, and it has been no different this year.Spurs looked set to land Iliman Ndiaye in a £60m deal 24 hours ago, but that deal has now fallen through, and Manchester City have seemingly managed to do that deal.Tottenham wasted little time in pivoting to Mykhailo Mudryk, with news emerging late last night that the Lilywhites had secured a loan deal for the Chelsea winger.Photo by Darren Walsh/Chelsea FC via Getty ImagesTottenham have an option to buy Mykhailo MudrykIt initially appeared as if the Lilywhites had agreed a straight loan deal for the Ukrainian international, and understandably, that left some Spurs fans on social media questioning the logic of the deal.However, it has now been confirmed that the North Londoners do have an option to sign Mudryk permanently next summer, but they will have to break the bank to do so.According to journalist Ben Jacobs, Spurs’ purchase option for the Ukraine international has been set at £75m.Jacobs wrote on X: “Understand Tottenham’s option to buy Mykhailo Mudryk is set at £75m.”Understand Tottenham's option to buy Mykhailo Mudryk is set at £75m.💷 pic.twitter.com/WRQCIPJq4N— Ben Jacobs (@JacobsBen) August 31, 2026Mudryk is a low-risk gamble for SpursThe fact that this is a loan deal without an obligation to buy for Tottenham means that it does not entail huge risk.However, Mudryk has not played competitively since November 2024 because he was serving a suspension following a positive test for the prohibited substance.While that ban has now been lifted, it is certainly a gamble to sign a player who has not played competitively for almost two years.Roberto De Zerbi has worked with the 25-year-old in the past and is clearly a fan, and Spurs fans will be hoping the Italian is the right man to get the best out of the winger.READ MORE: Sunderland reach agreement in principle with Tottenham but there is one catchThe post Tottenham have to pay staggering fee to trigger Mykhailo Mudryk option to buy appeared first on Spurs Web.