Daniel Levy saw off Man Utd's Tanguy Ndombele interest as Tottenham pursue Ryan Sessegnon and Giovani Lo Celso

Tottenham Hotspur FC via Getty I
Giuseppe Muro3 July 2019

Daniel Levy flew to Lyon to help seal the £55.5million signing of Tanguy Ndombele.

Spurs smashed their transfer record to buy Ndombele from the Ligue 1 outfit, with the Spurs chairman playing a key role in the negotiations that landed the midfielder on a six-year contract.

He held several meetings with Ndombele and his representatives as the north Londoners saw off late interest from Manchester United.

Levy then showed the midfielder and his entourage around the club’s training ground on Tuesday and, according to French newspaper L'Équipe, said: “You are not leaving here without having signed.”

Tottenham will potentially pay a further £9m in performance-related add-ons for the France international, who has been capped six times.

The transfer of Ndombele, Spurs’ first major signing since Lucas Moura arrived from Paris Saint-Germain in January 2018, surpasses the £42m they paid Ajax for Davinson Sanchez in 2017.

Ndombele was Mauricio Pochettino’s top summer target, while the north Londoners remain in pole position to sign Ryan Sessegnon from Fulham and have also targeted Real Betis playmaker Giovani Lo Celso.

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Create Account you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy policy .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in