Well, there it is. It came after the close of the transfer window, but Tottenham Hotspur have announced that Israel international winger Manor Solomon is heading to Spain. Solomon will join Villarreal on a season-long loan that includes all of his wages covered. Presumably there’s a small loan fee involved; it is not yet known whether there is a purchase option or obligation included.
This deal might have come
together last second, but only because Crystal Palace scuppered another transfer deal here at the end of the window. Apparently Spurs and Palace had submitted signed deal sheets before the close of the English transfer window, only for Palace to back out at the last minute. Palace also torpedoed what looked like a done deal whereby Marc Guehi was going to Liverpool, so I have no idea what Steve Parrish thinks he’s doing here. Not making friends, at the very least.
In a past article I claimed that loan rules prevented Solomon from playing against us in the Champions League. Turns out I was wrong about that — Manor can line up against us when Spurs play them in Spain in a couple weeks. But this works both ways: Randal Kolo Muani can also play for us against PSG. So maybe it evens out? Whatever, just stick Djed Spence on whatever side Manor’s playing and we’ll be fine.
Say what you want about Manor Solomon’s ability — it’s pretty clear now that multiple managers didn’t want him, and there were some unsourced speculation that he wasn’t an especially popular guy in the changing room either. At least he’ll get another chance to prove to another club to hopefully spend money on him later.
