Tottenham have made progress in talks over the loan of Luka Vuskovic to Hamburg, with the expectation being that a season-long deal with no options will be finalised before Monday’s deadline.
The London club are also looking to move Yves Bissouma to Galatasaray. The 28-year-old, who is out of contract next summer, has dropped to the bottom of the central midfield pecking order, having frustrated Thomas Frank with his timekeeping.
Vuskovic joined Spurs this summer, albeit his move from Hajduk Split was agreed in September 2023, and announced his arrival with a goal and an assist in the pre-season win at Reading. The 18-year-old centre-half played in the next friendly against Wycombe before his minutes dried up; he has been an unused substitute since the season began.
Hamburg, who won promotion back into the Bundesliga last season, have monitored Vuskovic throughout the summer and can see he is behind Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven and Kevin Danso in Frank’s thinking. The head coach also has Radu Dragusin, who is fighting back from an anterior cruciate ligament rupture sustained in late January, and the new signing Kota Takai as options at centre-half, not to mention Ben Davies. Takai has not yet featured as he has battled a heel injury.
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Bissouma was a £25m signing from Brighton in 2022 and he played the 90 minutes in last season’s Europa League final victory over Manchester United. The picture has changed for him under Frank, who dropped him from the squad for the European Super Cup against Paris Saint-Germain, complaining that “he has been late several times, the latest one too many”. Bissouma has not been in the squad for Spurs’ two Premier League matches having picked up an injury in training.
