Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United have agreed a £100 million deal for Arsenal target Sandro Tonali.
The North London club were keen on the Magpies star as Gunners manager Mikel Arteta wants reinforcements at the Emirates Stadium club.
However, Arsenal ultimately turned down the chance to sign Tonali due to his wage demands and agent fees, according to ChronicleLive’s Lee Ryder.
Spurs were open to doing a deal despite those demands, and have handed the Italian a £275,000-a-week deal – almost double his present earnings.
#THFC are understood to have been irked by Newcastle insisting on £100m deal for Sandro Tonali but were told the sale would not go through for anything less. #Arsenal also turned down chance to sign Tonali after wage demands and agent fees. #nufc
— Lee Ryder (@lee_ryder) July 2, 2026
Spurs are paying an initial £92.5m with £7.5m in add-ons having offered an initial £85m two weeks ago.
They will be glad to have pipped Arsenal to one of the best players in the Premier League after they lost Eberechi Eze to their bitter rivals last summer.
Spurs have also signed Mateus Fernandes from West Ham United in a £85m deal and are strengthening their squad for next season.
They watched painfully as Arsenal secured the Premier League title last term while they almost got relegated.
Spurs have responded by splashing the cash, with manager Roberto De Zerbi recruiting the services of Martin Dubravka, Marcos Senesi, Andy Robertson and Jan Paul van Hecke last month.
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