Chairman Levi's worst recruitment in history. At that time, SON successor Tel, UCL list was excluded from shock

Sep 04, 2025

Chairman Levi's worst recruitment in history. At that time, SON successor Tel, UCL list was excluded from shock
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A shocking decision was made this summer over Matistel, which Tottenham fully recruited.

British Football London said on the 4th (Korea time) 'Tell is one of six players excluded from Tottenham's European Champions League (UCL) list in the first half of the 2025-26 season. Tottenham, who will return to Europe's top stage later this month, had until 11pm (local time) on Tuesday, September 2 to submit to UEFA a list of 25 players to be used at the league stage' reported.

Originally, the squad list that can be submitted to the UCL is 25 players per team. However, UEFA's competition requires three conditions to submit a list of 25 players. First, the goalkeeper needs at least two players. An important part of field player registration is that four players who have trained at Tottenham for more than three years before the age of 21 and eight players who have trained at the country where Tottenham belongs (England) before the age of 21 must be registered together. 25 people can be enrolled only if they meet these three.




Chairman Levi's worst recruitment in history. At that time, SON successor Tel, UCL list was excluded from shock
If the number of is small or there is a lack of players trained before the age of 21 in England, the number of people who can fill the list will be reduced as the number of players is insufficient.

Currently, Tottenham has only one player, Brandon Austin, who has been trained at Tottenham for more than three years before the age of 21. I need to fill 4 people but only 1 so Tottenham can only register 22 people on the UCL list. Tottenham had to exclude a total of six players because there are currently 28 players on the first-team list.

Tottenham manager Thomas Frank ruled out Tel, Radu Dragusin, Takai Kota, Yves Bissouma, Dejan Kulusevski and James Maddison. The reasons for the exclusion of Bissouma, whose release is ongoing, Takai, who is still too young a prospect, Kulusevski and Maddison, who are long-term injuries, and Dragucine, who is recovering from a cruciate ligament rupture, are clear. However, it is a very surprising decision to exclude Tel.
Chairman Levi's worst recruitment in history. At that time, SON successor Tel, UCL list was excluded from shock
Tottenham brought Tel on loan from Bayern Munich in the January 2025 transfer window. It was an unconventional decision to pay 10 million euros (about 16.2 billion won) in rent alone. The company renegotiated the terms of its full recruitment this summer and paid an additional 35 million euros (about 56.8 billion won). It actually invested 45 million euros (about 73 billion won) to recruit Tel. It is a recruitment within the top 10 of Tottenham's all-time transfer fee.

In fact, there was a lot of criticism for bringing Tel, who did not play much in the second half of last season, for 35 million euros more. Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy finally pushed for the recruitment of Tel. If you are not going to use the player you brought in for a total of 45 million euros in UCL, you can't tell what the hell you're looking at to recruit Tel.

Tell must have been shocked a lot too. Because UCL is the best stage that all players want to play.






This article was translated by Naver AI translator.