{"id":15815,"date":"2025-08-01T08:24:33","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T02:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=623433"},"modified":"2025-08-01T08:24:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T02:54:33","slug":"tottenham-agree-a-deal-to-sign-joao-palhinha-from-bayern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/tottenham-agree-a-deal-to-sign-joao-palhinha-from-bayern\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham agree a deal to sign Jo\u00e3o Palhinha from Bayern"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tottenham Hotspur have agreed a deal for a new midfielder as they want to make their squad strong for the next season\u2019s European football. Spurs are in Champions League 2025\/26 and want to build a side who can face top sides there. Jo\u00e3o Palhinha of Bayern has been signed by Spurs on a initial Loan deal plus buy option also included of \u20ac30 million. The buy option is not mandatory but will be triggered at the end of the season if Spurs feel Palhinha is the right man for them.<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham Hotspur have completed the signing of Portuguese midfielder Jo\u00e3o Palhinha from Bayern Munich on an initial loan deal as they prepare for their return to the UEFA Champions League in the 2025\/26 season.<\/p>\n<p>The deal includes a buy option worth \u20ac30 million, giving Spurs the flexibility to make the move permanent next summer if Palhinha impresses in North London. The option is not mandatory, allowing the club to assess the experienced player\u2019s impact throughout the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Spurs new manager Thomas Frank was keen to strengthen his midfield with a combative presence capable of handling Europe\u2019s elite. Palhinha, renowned for his tackling and defensive awareness, is seen as the perfect fit as Tottenham aim to build a squad capable of competing with the continent\u2019s top sides.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tottenham Hotspur have agreed a deal for a new midfielder as they want to make their squad strong for the next season\u2019s European football. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":36870,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3686,1823,3796,3997,3883,1747,3550,1162],"class_list":["post-15815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-david-ornstein","tag-fabrizio-romano","tag-football","tag-football-transfers-latest","tag-joao-palhinha","tag-spurs","tag-thomas-frank","tag-tottenham-hotspur"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}