Tottenham's Rapid Pursuit of Senesi and Other Signings

Tottenham survived by the skin of their teeth. Now comes the response.

Roberto De Zerbi walked off on the final day more drained than delighted, his team clinging to their Premier League status after a season that flirted dangerously with disaster. That escape has triggered what Spurs hope will be a ruthless reset, with the club driving hard to land three first‑team signings in quick succession.

At the front of the queue: Marcos Senesi.

Senesi set to lead defensive rebuild

Fabrizio Romano has delivered his trademark “Here We Go” on Senesi, confirming that the Bournemouth defender is on his way to north London. The Argentine had long been earmarked as a key target, with an agreement understood to have been in place on the condition that Spurs stayed in the top flight.

They did, just. And that clause now bites.

Senesi is expected to arrive on a free transfer, a shrewd piece of business for a club that needs both depth and leadership at the back without burning through the budget. De Zerbi wants a defence that can play high, take risks and live with the consequences. Senesi, hardened by Premier League battles, fits that brief.

He is also unlikely to be the only Bosman addition.

Robertson back on the agenda

Tottenham’s interest in Andrew Robertson never truly went away. According to TEAMtalk, the club remain keen on the Scotland international, who has announced his departure from Liverpool at the end of his contract.

Spurs came close to landing him in January, only for Liverpool to pull the plug late in the window. That decision merely delayed the conversation. The full-back has also been reported to have a provisional understanding in place with Tottenham for a summer move, again dependent on the club securing their Premier League status.

With that box ticked, Spurs are pushing to finish the job.

Robertson would give De Zerbi exactly what his back line has lacked: an experienced, vocal presence with a proven record at the very top end of the division. Between Senesi and Robertson, Tottenham would be adding thousands of Premier League minutes, title-winning pedigree in the Scot’s case, and the kind of know-how that can drag a dressing room upwards.

For a side that only just avoided the trapdoor, those intangibles matter as much as any data metric.

Palhinha pursuit adds tension

The third deal is more complicated. Joao Palhinha remains a live target, with Spurs prepared to negotiate with Bayern Munich in an effort to prise the midfielder away.

This is where the tension creeps in. Reports in Portugal have linked Palhinha with three of the country’s biggest clubs, amid suggestions he could favour a return home for family reasons. That possibility has not gone unnoticed at Tottenham, where decision-makers are well aware that the player’s personal priorities could yet reshape the market.

Even so, the club are described as confident they can put a deal together. They see Palhinha as the anchor that would allow De Zerbi’s more expansive ideas to flourish, a destroyer who can shield a retooled defence and give creative players the freedom to push higher.

Three signings. One escape. A manager who knows this squad cannot walk that tightrope again.

Tottenham have survived the fall. Now they have to prove they are building a side that never gets that close to the edge.