Flexible Tottenham relax their usual transfer policy to progress in market

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Danny Murphy1 September 2017

It is ridiculous to be so formulaic about transfers that you refuse to sign somebody simply because of his age, so I am relieved to see Tottenham break from their normal policy to sign Fernando Llorente from Swansea.

I doubt Daniel Levy will make a habit of signing 32-year-old outfield players but it is a clever bit of business.

Llorente should be excellent back-up for Harry Kane but, if Tottenham are chasing the game, they could play together.

Spurs face a lot of defensively minded teams so Llorente will allow them to get balls into the box from wide - and there is nothing wrong with playing that way when required.

I also like the look of Serge Aurier.

He has been a decent full-back and is an excellent athlete, so he should be able to cope with the physical side of English football.

TRANSFER INS AND OUTS

PLAYER IN/OUT
Davinson Sanchez (Ajax, undisclosed) IN
Paulo Gazzaniga (Southampton, undis.) IN
Juan Foyth (Estudiantes, undis.) IN
Serge Aurier (PSG, undisclosed) IN
Fernando Llorente (Swansea, undis.) IN
Kyle Walker (Manchester City, £50m) OUT
Nabil Bentaleb (Schalke, £16m) OUT
Clinton Njie (Marseille, £5.95m) OUT
Federico Fazio (Roma, £2.7m) OUT
Connor Ogilvie (Gillingham, loan) OUT
Luke McGee (Portsmouth, undisclosed) OUT
Josh Onomah (Aston Villa, loan) OUT
Cameron Carter-Vickers (Sheffield Utd, loan) OUT
Kevin Wimmer (Stoke, £18m) OUT
Will Miller (Burton, undisclosed) OUT

FINAL SQUAD

PLAYER SQUAD NO.
Hugo Lloris 1
Kieran Trippier 2
Danny Rose 3
Toby Alderweireld 4
Jan Vertonghen 5
Davinson Sanchez 6
Heung-min Son 7
Vincent Janssen 9
Harry Kane 10
Erik Lamela 11
Victor Wanyama 12
Michel Vorm 13
Georges-Kevin Nkoudou 14
Eric Dier 15
Moussa Sissoko 17
Mousa Dembele 19
Dele Alli 20
Juan Foyth 21
Paulo Gazzaniga 22
Christian Eriksen 23
Serge Aurier 24
Harry Winks 29
Ben Davies 33
Kyle Walker-Peters 37

HOW THEY COULD LINE-UP

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