Grading the summer transfer window: Tottenham Hotspur

#3 Fernando Llorente

Llorente is a World Cup-winning forward

If you have been on Twitter for a while, you will remember those ‘Fernando Llorente to Spurs deal done’ tweets that were posted back in the early part of the decade. Back then, the forward was one of those players who was consistently linked to the White Hart Lane, but those rumours never really came to fruition.

However, he is finally here – but he finds his home at Wembley as Tottenham have made it their home-ground for the current year due to the ongoing expansion of the Lane. The former Athletic player is not at his peak anymore, but he comes to a team with plenty of experience under his belt.

He has already played in Spain, Italy and England before finally joining the London outfit this summer. The thing with Llorente is that he was never really about pace or technical ability, instead, it has always been his holding up and aerial strength that made him a lethal striker.

He might not even end up as one of the club’s top three scorers, but Spurs will surely benefit a lot from his presence, which is why he is a 7/10.