Tottenham touched down in Hong Kong on Monday morning with three new signings on board – sadly for Spurs fans, they all belonged to Manchester City.
Strikers Alvaro Negredo, Stevan Jovetic and winger Jesus Navas hitched a lift to the Far East for this week’s Barclays Asia Trophy. And just to emphasise City’s wealth of attacking options, David Silva came along for the ride as well.
Despite agreeing terms with FC Twente for winger Nacer Chadli, Spurs are desperate for a new striker and could have been forgiven for casting some envious glances at their fellow passengers.
Hair we go: Daniel Rose, Tom Huddlestone and Benoit Assou-Ekotto sit after their arrival in Hong KongÂ
Ready for battle: Tottenham winger player Aaron Lennon (C) smiles after his team’s arrival in Hong Kong
Time for battle: (L-R) Steven Caulker, Benoit Assou-Ekotto, Aaron Lennon, Jermaine Defoe, Scott Parker, Mousa Dembele, Jan Vertonghen and Younes Kaboul in Hong KongCity have spent more than £90million on new signings so far this summer and are still expected go back into the transfer market for a centre-back.
Having bought Brazilian midfielder Fernandinho from Shakhtar Donetsk for £30m, they paid Sevilla a combined £35.5m for Negredo and Navas while Jovetic cost £25.8m from Fiorentina.
They will beef up an attack that already includes Silva – who is reporting back for pre-season after Confederations Cup duty with Spain – Sergio Aguero, Edin Dzeko, Samir Nasri, James Milner and Scott Sinclair.
