‘In The Coming Hours’ – Club’s Push For Tottenham Hotspur Attacking Target Set To Heat Up

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·23 July 2026

‘In The Coming Hours’ – Club’s Push For Tottenham Hotspur Attacking Target Set To Heat Up

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Tottenham Hotspur are facing competition from Turkish giants Fenerbahce for the signature of AC Milan attacker Rafael Leao, with the Super Lig side side to try to convince the Portuguese ‘in the coming hours’.

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The Portugal international, who has been on the books of AC Milan since 2019, is expected to move on this summer and the Italian giants are unlikely to stand in his way.

Leao has also decided to stop using a dedicated agent and will instead work with several different people, as part of his plans to secure a move away from Milan.

A move to England and the Premier League has been heavily mooted, with Roberto De Zerbi’s Tottenham seen as serious contenders for his signature

The move to north London is said to be one which intrigues the AC Milan man, but Spurs do not yet appear to have made a concrete offer.

If Tottenham wait then they could well risk losing Leao as Turkish giants Fenerbahce are making a big push to snap him up.

Leao is ‘not 100 per cent convinced’ by the idea of a move to Turkey, but Fenerbache are plotting to change that quickly.

‘In the coming hours’, emissaries from Fenerbahce will try to convince Leao about a move and get him to say yes to joining the Istanbul giants, according to Italian journalist Daniele Longo.

Fenerbahce are prepared to hand Leao a lucrative contract worth €10m per year in order to ease his concerns.

AC Milan continue to seek €60m to let the Portugal attacker depart.

Tottenham have so far focused on adding in defence and midfield, with De Zerbi splashing the cash on a number of expensive deals.

He is expected to want to reinforce his attacking options, but offloading surplus to requirements players is also set to be important to replenish the kitty in north London.

Young forward Will Lankshear has just been sold to Middlesbrough, though Tottenham have made sure to include a matching rights clause in the agreement with the Championship club.