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EXCLUSIVE: Tottenham eye €50m Kang-in Lee deal after Eze failure
Cameron Smith
- 22 Aug 2025 18:30 BST
- 5 min read
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Tottenham Hotspur are interested in signing Paris Saint-Germain star Kang-in Lee after missing out on Eberechi Eze to Arsenal, The Transfers Podcast understands.
Thomas Frank’s side are actively searching for a new attacking midfielder following James Maddison’s ACL rupture and Dejan Kulusevski’s knee injury, and Lee has been identified as a possible option.
Current ETV
Kang-in Lee
F (R), M (C)
PSG
Kang-in Lee
F (R), M (C)
PSG
ETV Range
€23.4M - €28.6M
The north London side were close to finalising a deal for the aforementioned Eze, however the England international has snubbed a move to Spurs in favour of joining their arch-rivals Arsenal in a deal worth a potential €78 million.
Tottenham have also missed out on Morgan Gibbs-White so far this summer and they have now identified two potential options to bolster the options available to Frank, including Lee.
The 24-year-old played a peripheral role at PSG last season and The Transfers Podcast understands that talks have taken place with Tottenham ahead of a possible €50m summer deal.
Tottenham to sign a new forward?
Tottenham are eager to sign a new attacker before Transfer Deadline Day on 1 September and Duncan Castles has provided a major update on their business during the latest episode of The Transfers Podcast.
“If it isn’t Savinho, who will be expensive, there’s also interest in Maghnes Akliouche at Monaco,” Castles revealed. “He’s a 23-year-old, very skillful and quick left-footed forward, who tends to play off the right wing, but can also play centrally. Like Eze, he’s an excellent dribber of the ball.
“Complications in that deal are the agent, who has a reputation of being extremely difficult to deal with, and the asking price of Monaco, which was set at €70 million this summer.”
Castles added: “Another player that they’ve [Tottenham] definitely had talks over signings is Lee Kang-in at Paris Saint-Germain. This dates back to earlier in the summer - conversations asking about what the cost would be to extract him from PSG, where he was one of the bench players last season.
“He is one of the players in PSG’s squad they are happy to retain, but they are conscious that if the player receives an offer that is appealing and the financial terms of the transfer fee are correct, they would be ready to sell assuming they have enough time to buy a replacement.
“You can understand why Daniel Levy is interested in signing Lee, having allowed Son Heung-min to move to LAFC. That was a significant commercial loss in terms of interest they built up among Koreans.
“To have another star name Korean player in the squad, as a replacement immediately after Son left, makes sense. I understand the asking price is €50m, meaning he would be a cheaper option than either Akliouche or Savinho.
"I think it’s pretty clear that Tottenham will do something in this area of the field before the window concludes.”
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