Provided that Tottenham Hotspur avoid relegation from the Premier League, Roberto De Zerbi will have big plans to take the team forward next season.

After successive seasons battling at the bottom of the table, Spurs should be aiming to compete for a Champions League finish in the 2026/27 campaign.

That will take a huge amount of change and movement in the transfer market during the summer window, because the current squad has spent two seasons struggling at the wrong end of the division.

There are several areas of the squad that need to be addressed by the Italian head coach, who has shown that he can build teams at both Brighton and Marseille.

Despite Mathys Tel's goal and assist in the last two games, the Lilywhites need to add more quality to the group in the two wide positions ahead of next season.

Why Spurs need to add more quality out wide

De Zerbi needs to find his own version of Gareth Bale, who scored 71 goals in 237 games for Spurs, because none of the current wingers at the club have delivered consistent quality at the top end of the pitch.

None of the team's current wide options have produced more than four goals or more than five assists after 36 matches played in the Premier League, which speaks to the club's lack of impact from the wide areas.

Only Tel, who has scored four goals in the top-flight, has scored more than two goals for the Lilywhites, as the likes of Kudus and Randal Kolo Muani have struggled, whilst Dejan Kuluveski has been injured.

Spurs do not have a maverick attacker who can step up with moments of pure magic to win a game for the team on a regular basis, as they had when Bale came through as a superstar after his move from Southampton as a youngster.

Whilst the Lilywhites need to dip into the market to sign more attacking quality, because of their struggles this season, De Zerbi may already have his own version of Bale set to come back from a loan spell.

Tottenham already have their next Gareth Bale in the making

Last summer, Thomas Frank decided to send Mikey Moore out on loan to Rangers for the 2025/26 campaign so that he could gain some valuable first-team experience.

It is fair to say that the loan has worked out for the England U19 international because he ended the season with 47 appearances in all competitions for the Scottish giants, experiencing a cup semi-final, a title race, and Europa League football.

His value, in the words of Rangers pundit David Edgar, has now risen to as much as £40m, which certainly isn't bad for a player who was still estimated to be worth around £14m back in December by Transfermarkt.

In 25 starts in the Premiership, Moore scored more goals, created more 'big chances', and created more xA than any Spurs winger managed in the Premier League this season, despite only being 19.

The teenage sensation, who "gets bums off seats" according to writer James Harris, excited Rangers supporters with his ability to drive past players with the ball, whilst also being able to score goals.

Bale once offered similar attributes when he was lighting up the Premier League with Spurs, as an explosive winger who loved to dribble at full-backs and take shots from distance.

Moore is a right-footed left winger, rather than a left-footed right winger, but his style of play is still very similar to the Welsh star's and he could be De Zerbi's own version of the former Spurs forward.

The 19-year-old, who won the Premiership Young Player of the Year award, is still in the early stages of his senior career and has so much room left to develop and improve under De Zerbi, which is an exciting thought.

He already looks more effective than Tottenham's current wide options, based on his impressive form this season, and should be given the opportunity to show what he can do in the first-team at Spurs after the experience of playing a full campaign with Rangers.

Whilst Spurs should still spend money on adding wingers to the group to add depth and proven quality in the summer, there should also be room left for Moore to play a role under De Zerbi, because of the potential that he has to be the club's next version of Bale.