Published Jun 3, 2026, 7:10 AM GMT+1

Angus is an opinion and features journalist with Football FanCast.

Having graduated from Southampton Solent University with a degree in Sports Journalism in 2022, Angus found a home at FFC after previously writing for Vavel and OurSoundMusic.

A fervent Liverpool supporter, Angus has covered a range of Premier League clubs, from Liverpool and Everton, to the Old Gold of Wolverhampton and the South Coast of Brighton & Hove Albion. Now, he regularly covers Tottenham Hotspur.

Outside of football, Angus is a voracious reader and plays the piano.

Where next? Spurs will be stuck to domestic duties next season, but at least they will play in the first tier, and not the Championship. However, this is not a flash in the pan, but a pattern, evidence of repeated failings that have spared Spurs' deepest blushes only by a thin thread.

Let's hope a page has been turned. It's early yet, but ENIC are certainly pushing for changes on the pitch. Who's coming in?

Deals for Andy Robertson and Marcos Senesi, both free agents this summer, are in the works, but Tottenham need more, especially in attacking areas.

Enter Savinho? Spurs bid for the Manchester City winger last summer, but the Citizens ended up cutting negotiations.

The 22-year-old is talented and electric on the ball. He is so creative. This is a winger who would make a big difference down Hotspur Way next year, but at £60m, after only seven Premier League starts last season, there's no question that he's overpriced.

Instead, Tottenham could push ahead with a move for West Ham's Crysencio Summerville, who, according to a top Lilywhites insider, has been contacted by Spurs representatives since the season finished.

Said to be 'open' to joining Spurs, the Dutch winger is potentially available for a low-end £26m fee after the Hammers' relegation. One of Nuno Espirito Santo's most important chess pieces, this is surely a deal worth pursuing, especially when considering he would cost a fraction of the outlay required for Savinho.

Why Summerville would be better than Savinho for Spurs

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In terms of what the pair offer by way of underlying metrics, physical and athletic, Summerville trumps him, though there's no question that Savinho is the more creative winger.

But Savinho has not been playing in an embattled West Ham team, and Summerville has still emerged as something as a talisman for his side, easing the burden placed on Jarrod Bowen's shoulders.

Described as "unpredictable" by pundit Gianfranco Zola, the Netherlands international, who is on the plane for the World Cup, has the skillset to succeed in the Premier League, and no mistake, having planted the seeds over the last few years, yet to truly come into his own.

The same could be said for Savinho, a winger who certainly hasn't showcased enough to warrant a £60m outlay. When considering the scale of the rebuild that ENIC need to oversee this summer, there's no question that Summerville would be the shrewder signing - and one who could make a bigger impact at that.

Summerville has blown hot and cold over the duration of his West Ham career, but his talent has never been up for question. This is a forward who could make a world of difference in north London, emulating Kudus but arriving as someone who could make an even bigger impact than Savinho, who was on the periphery during Pep Guardiola's swansong.

That in itself is not a negative - many top talents have struggled for minutes in the Man City machine - but Summerville has established himself as one of the division's most underrated forwards. He knows adversity, and such impressive underlying numbers suggest that he could develop into a force to be reckoned with on the left flank at Spurs.