Rating all 10 Tottenham new signings out of 10 after record-breaking summer

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It is far too early to judge Tottenham Hotspur’s new arrivals on what they have produced on the pitch, but the business behind each deal can already be assessed.The 2026 summer transfer window is now officially closed, and Tottenham can look back on it as the most expensive in the club’s history. Spurs spent close to £400m (£394m to be exact) on 10 first-team signings, making it one of the most ambitious transfer windows supporters have witnessed.Credit has to go to the Tottenham hierarchy, who promised they would back Roberto De Zerbi with the squad he needed after the Italian helped the club avoid relegation last season. They certainly delivered on that front, although the level of investment has not translated into results just yet, with Spurs losing both of their Premier League fixtures so far.Most of the new arrivals have featured across those two games, while others have yet to make their competitive debuts. It would therefore be harsh to judge the signings purely on what has happened on the pitch so far, especially after De Zerbi himself admitted that his new-look side ‘isnt a team yet’.What we can judge already, though, is the business Tottenham have done in the transfer market. So, starting with the most expensive, here is how I rate all 10 of Spurs’ summer signings.Credit: @thatfootballphotog / InstagramSandro TonaliTransfer fee: £100m (£92.5m plus £7.5m in add-ons)Considering the frugality Tottenham have shown in the transfer market for much of the last decade, few would have predicted that the club would eventually shatter their transfer record and spend £100m on a single player. But Sandro Tonali is hardly an ordinary signing.The Italian has a literal engine on him and is excellent when carrying the ball or picking a pass, even if his defensive work and goalscoring numbers are not exactly what you would associate with a £100m midfielder. He can certainly produce the occasional spectacular goal, as he did against Chelsea in pre-season.Tottenham had to fend off rivals Arsenal’s interest to get Tonali through the door, and in the end it apparently took just a 10-minute chat with De Zerbi to convince him. The pair are both from Brescia, and Tonali has since become one of Spurs’ highest-paid players, so that was quite an expensive 10-minute chat.That said, Tonali has had a rather disappointing start to the Premier League campaign, inevitably raising the question of whether Tottenham have overpaid for him. Only time will tell whether £100m proves to be money well spent.Transfer rating: 7/10SavioTransfer fee: £75m plus £10m in add-onsWho doesn’t like a bomba straight out of the blue? Savio, formerly Savinho, certainly wasn’t one. It took almost the entire summer for Spurs to reach an agreement with Man City, and judging by the number of hints he dropped about the move, I doubt he was even added to the Tottenham group chat before he joined.£85m for a player who scored only 2 goals in his last 53 appearances surely seems a lot, but he reached half that tally in his first game for Spurs, scoring 1 and assisting 1 against Charlton Athletic in the Carabao Cup.He definitely has a lot to offer.Transfer rating: 8/10Mateus FernandesTransfer fee: £85mCall him the relegation expert if you want. I’d rather remember Mateus Fernandes as the reason West Ham took their relegation battle all the way to the final day last season. Without him, it would have been a much easier road to survival for Tottenham.Spurs badly needed a player of his profile too; a deep-lying playmaker and he also happens to be a perfect fit for Roberto De Zerbi. The Portuguese has also been one of the few Tottenham players to make a positive start to the new campaign, and based on what we have seen from him, £85m actually looks like a bargain. He could prove very important if Spurs are to get themselves back into European contention this season.Transfer rating: 10/10Omar MarmoushTransfer fee: Loan with £50m obligation to buy next summer, plus £10m in add-onsFair play to Omar Marmoush. He took a pay cut from being Erling Haaland’s backup at Man City to become Tottenham’s first-choice striker. Well, sort of. The Egyptian is now Tottenham’s highest-paid player on £250,000 per week.The 27-year-old scored 8 goals in 36 appearances last season but started just 8 of those matches. That suggests there could be more to come if he is given the regular opportunities he did not have at the Etihad.Marmoush made his Spurs debut against one of his favourite opponents, Newcastle United, last weekend and looked a bright spark throughout. It is also worth noting that the club only announced his arrival 2 days before that match, meaning he had probably managed no more than 2 or 3 training sessions with his new teammates.It might be an unpopular opinion, but a player of Marmoush’s quality for £60m in today’s market, all-in looks like a bargain to me.Transfer rating: 9/10Credit: @thatfootballphotog / InstagramJan Paul van HeckeTransfer fee: £52mJan Paul van Hecke’s move to Tottenham all started with a ‘f**k off’ text from Roberto De Zerbi and ended with Spurs paying £52m for a player who had only a year left on his contract.In fact, former Spurs chairman Daniel Levy had even referred to Brighton as having ‘pulled Spurs’ pants down’ over the price tag. Tottenham supporters, however, may be more inclined to point out that the reason this window has been so good is because Levy is no longer running the club.Anyway, signed primarily as the replacement for departed captain Cristian Romero, Van Hecke looks like one heck of a signing on paper. He is front-footed, comfortable stepping out with the ball and capable of playing the sort of line-breaking passes that should suit De Zerbi’s system perfectly. It has not quite clicked for him in his opening two Premier League games, but that is hardly enough time to make a proper judgement. There is plenty to suggest Van Hecke will offer Tottenham considerably more as the season progresses.Transfer rating: 7/10Tosin AdarabioyoTransfer fee: £10m plus £2m in add-onsAll thanks to Kevin Danso deciding two days before the transfer deadline that he wanted out, Tottenham ended up with a Chelsea player who had previously rejected them outright.Tosin Adarabioyo did not exactly have the easiest time at Chelsea following his free transfer from Fulham, struggling to establish himself as a regular under 4 different managers during his 2 years at Stamford Bridge.And he probably isn’t going to get many opportunities at Tottenham either, which is why I am rather in terms with this one. At least there are some points for being homegrown.Transfer rating: 4/10Mykhaylo MudrykTransfer fee: Loan with £75m option to buyWhat I am definitely not in terms with is why Tottenham would want to rehabilitate a Chelsea player who has played just 16 minutes of competitive football over the last 21 months. He is not even arriving ready to immediately start games, and Spurs have somehow negotiated an option to buy worth £75m.Tottenham and Chelsea had not done business with each other since 2009, and if we had known that the first deals to break that drought would involve Mudryk and Tosin, perhaps we would have preferred the drought to continue.There is, however, a potentially very good player buried somewhere inside this deal. Mudryk and De Zerbi share a ‘father-son’ bond from their time together at Shakhtar Donetsk, and if the Ukrainian can rediscover even half of the spark he showed under his former coach, Spurs could have a baller on their hands.It is therefore a classic ‘low-risk, high-reward’ deal. Tottenham have not paid a transfer fee, will cover around £100,000 per week in wages and do not have to trigger the £75m option. Still, that option figure is enough to knock a few points off.Transfer rating: 4/10Andy RobertsonTransfer fee: Free transferAndy Robertson may well be past his best, but finally having a left-back who can cross into the box, bring leadership and intelligence (and humour) to the dressing room is excellent business on a free transfer.The 32-year-old has put in a few insane crosses in the games he’s played so far, but shame he’s had to go from Mohamed Salah meeting them to a Spurs front three.Hopefully the finishing improves.Transfer rating: 8/10Martin DubravkaTransfer fee: Free transferThere was certainly an element of risk in Tottenham deciding not to sign an established goalkeeper after letting Guglielmo Vicario go, instead promoting Antonin Kinsky to the No.1 spot.There was good reason for that decision after some excellent performances from Kinsky last season, but there have also been moments when the pressure has appeared to get to him, particularly during both of Tottenham’s opening Premier League matches.Martin Dubravka at least gives De Zerbi a vastly more experienced alternative. The 37-year-old has spent years playing in the Premier League and arrives knowing that his primary job will be to provide reliable competition and cover.For a free transfer, there really isn’t much to complain about.Transfer rating: 7/10Marcos SenesiTransfer fee: Free transferAnd we will end on a high.Getting a centre-back who has just finished a Premier League campaign as one of the division’s best defenders, and doing so on a free transfer, is pretty remarkable business for a club that only narrowly avoided relegation.Marcos Senesi may initially have to be patient for opportunities on the left side of Tottenham’s defence behind captain Micky van de Ven, but it would be harsh to simply label him a backup.There is every chance De Zerbi could eventually turn to a back three at some point during the season, while another option would be to use Van de Ven at left-back. Either scenario could open the door for Senesi to move into the starting XI.Transfer rating: 9.5/10READ MORE: All 54 transfers Tottenham Hotspur made in their record-breaking summer window – Spurs WebThe post Rating all 10 Tottenham new signings out of 10 after record-breaking summer appeared first on Spurs Web.