English Premier League powerhouse Manchester City has struck a preliminary agreement to send Brazilian winger Savinho to Tottenham Hotspur in a deal valued at £85 million ($115 million), multiple sources familiar with the confidential transaction confirmed to the Associated Press on Friday. This transfer will become the highest outgoing sale in Manchester City’s club history, marking another major step in the club’s dramatic summer roster restructuring.
The insider requested anonymity because neither club has authorized the public release of transfer details, and representatives from both Manchester City and Tottenham have so far declined to issue any official statement on the deal.
Savinho’s impending exit comes just days after Manchester City sold Spanish international captain Rodri to FC Barcelona for 76.5 million euros ($88.5 million). This offseason has already seen a historic exodus of first-team talent from City: midfielders Tijjani Reijnders and defender Nathan Ake have also departed, while veteran starters John Stones and Bernardo Silva have left the club upon the expiration of their contracts. Up to this point, City’s only senior outfield addition has been English midfielder Elliot Anderson, who joined for a reported incoming club-record fee of £116 million ($155 million).
The roster overhaul comes as City enters a new era under newly appointed manager Enzo Maresca, who took over the role following Pep Guardiola’s long-awaited departure after multiple trophy-laden seasons. With City’s 3-0 defeat to Arsenal in the recent Community Shield still fresh, the club is widely expected to make additional moves in the final week of the summer transfer window as Maresca fine-tunes his squad for the upcoming campaign.
When Savinho arrived at Manchester City from sister club Girona in summer 2024 for 40 million euros ($43.6 million), he was introduced to fans as one of the most promising young wingers in European soccer. However, the 25-year-old failed to meet the high expectations attached to his transfer: he managed just two goals across 53 Premier League appearances, and inconsistent final balls and questionable on-pitch decision-making left teammates and supporters underwhelmed. He was also left out of Brazil’s final squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, capping off a disappointing tenure at the Etihad Stadium.
For Tottenham, the potential signing of Savinho would cap off a record-breaking summer of spending that marks a stark shift from the club’s previous transfer strategy. Manager Roberto De Zerbi is currently overhauling the squad after Tottenham narrowly avoided Premier League relegation on the final matchday of the 2025-26 season, a result that extended the club’s run of consecutive 17th-place league finishes to two seasons. The poor on-pitch performance prompted major changes at the leadership level, with chairman Peter Charrington admitting in a post-season open letter that “football success had not been driving our decisions” in previous transfer cycles.
De Zerbi has already landed a series of high-profile signings this window: last month, Tottenham secured Italian midfielder Sandro Tonali from Newcastle United for a previous club-record £100 million ($133 million), just days after completing an £85 million ($113 million) move for midfielder Mateus Fernandes from West Ham United. Center backs Jan Paul van Hecke and Marco Senesi have also joined the club, as has former Liverpool left-back Andy Robertson. If the Savinho deal goes through, Tottenham will tie Chelsea as the biggest spenders in European men’s soccer this offseason, a dramatic reversal for a club that has long spent far less than its top Premier League rivals in the transfer market.