Tottenham Hotspur are on the verge of signing Newcastle United‘s Sandro Tonali this summer.
Manchester City have also shown interest in the midfielder, but he has his heart set on Tottenham.
Last weekend, Sport Witness covered claims from Italy that Tonali wants to ‘honour his word’ to Roberto De Zerbi. Therefore, he didn’t favour Manchester City.
Late on Wednesday, The Athletic’s David Ornstein said Spurs have reached an agreement with Newcastle United to sign him for £92.5m [€108m] plus £7.5m [€8.75m] bonuses.
Newcastle star travelling for Tottenham medical
Since then, multiple sources in the UK and Italy have reported of the two clubs agreeing terms for the Italy international.
This includes TuttoMercatoWeb, who explains why there’s excitement in his country.
The €116m deal makes the Newcastle United star the most expensive Italian. It surpasses the €68.25m invested by Al-Qadsiah to sign Mateo Retegui from Atalanta in July 2025. This also shows Spurs’ determination to sign Sandro Tonali and build a team around him.
With all parties reaching an agreement, the 26-year-old has to carry out formalities for Spurs to complete his signing. That should take place soon as the player will leave Italy for the English capital at 11:30am local time [10:30am BST] on Thursday.
Tonali will ‘fly to London’ from Malpensa, to carry out medical tests and sign the contract with Tottenham Hotspur.
Roberto De Zerbi has been instrumental in this operation. TMW states the player turned down Manchester City in favour of the north London club’s manager.
Sale not only beneficial for Newcastle United
Sandro Tonali’s contract expires in 2028, and Transfermarkt value him at €80m. Eddie Howe’s side will collect at least €27m more than his current value.
His impending sale to Tottenham will also bring joy to his former clubs, AC Milan and Brescia.
Milan, who sold him to Newcastle United in 2023, have a 10% sell-on clause, and should collect around €10m.
The midfielder spent five years with Brescia’s academy and four more with their first team between 2012 and 2021. They will receive 3.5% of the fee because of FIFA’s Solidarity Mechanism.
