Tottenham sign Wimmer
Tottenham have confirmed the signing of the Austria defender Kevin Wimmer from FC Köln (Cologne).
A reported fee of £4.3m for the 22-year-old was agreed in March and his move on a five-year contract has now been announced by Spurs. Wimmer, enjoyed an impressive breakthrough season in Germany for newly-promoted Cologne and he had also been linked with Spurs’ rivals Arsenal.
Surely this simply cements the fact that Younes Kaboul and Vlad Chiricheș have an unlikely future at the North London Club. The two defenders have been given “special permission” to stay at the Tottenham training ground during the lily whites pre-season tour, this spells out only one thing – that they are on the transfer list.
Wimmer admitted that it was to leave his club Cologne but the offer from Spurs was simply too good for him to turn down. The Austrian will Dele Alli as another new face joins Pochettino’s ‘revolution’ of young players arriving at the Premier League outfit.