Tottenham Hotspur's 10 most expensive signings of all time

#8 Lucas Moura - £25.5m from Paris St. Germain – 2018

Lucas Moura's Champions League exploits made him a hero to Spurs fans

Flying Brazilian winger Lucas Moura joined Tottenham in January 2018 following a largely unfruitful stint at Paris St. Germain, and initially it appeared like a bad deal for Mauricio Pochettino and his side. Lucas looked somewhat out of shape upon arrival and was clearly rusty after being frozen out at PSG for the first half of the season.

Thankfully though, Pochettino kept faith with the winger and that faith was largely repaid last season. Used primarily as a wide forward, Lucas made 32 appearances for Spurs in the Premier League and scored a total of 10 goals, including a brace against Manchester United and a hat-trick against Huddersfield Town – the first to be scored at Tottenham’s new stadium.

He was also fantastic in the club’s unlikely run to the Champions League final, scoring a key goal against Barcelona in the group stage and then of course, his famous hat-trick against Ajax to win the semi-final.

While he was controversially left out of the starting line-up for the Champions League final, Lucas is expected to play a big part in Spurs’ upcoming season and due to the Ajax hat-trick alone it’d be hard to claim that he’s been anything but a hit. He’ll likely remain a cult hero at the club for years to come.

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#7 Heung-Min Son - £27m from Bayer Leverkusen – 2015

Heung-Min Son has become one of Tottenham's most important players

It’s almost hard to believe now, but shortly after his move to Tottenham from Bayer Leverkusen, Heung-Min Son was practically considered a big-money flop, and after struggling throughout 2015/16 he reportedly considered asking Mauricio Pochettino for an exit from the club.

Three seasons on, it’s almost certain that any Tottenham fan would be glad that an exit never happened. Something seemed to click for Son at Spurs during 2016/17, and suddenly the South Korean international began to bang goals in for fun, ending the season with a haul of 21 – behind only Harry Kane and Dele Alli in Tottenham’s scoring charts.

Since then, he’s gone from strength to strength. Last season saw Son deliver a further 20 goals, including a brilliant solo strike against Chelsea, a last-gasp winner against Newcastle and three key goals in the Champions League quarter-final victory over Manchester City.

Now one of Pochettino’s top men, the wide forward should be considered one of the Argentine boss’s biggest transfer successes.