Our information indicates that Brighton has reached an internal decision on whether to sign Vuskovic at the price Tottenham are asking, but the club is still unwilling to swallow the £60 million fee outright, and the summer transfer window standoff is not over yet.
Over the past few weeks, the two Premier League sides have been engaged in two-way talks over Vuskovic and Van Hecke. Van Hecke is in the final year of his contract, previously worked under De Zerbi, and there were reports he wanted to reunite with his former boss; Brighton, meanwhile, have insisted on extracting maximum value before the player leaves. Frontline reports on Tuesday evening indicated Tottenham have agreed a deal with Brighton for Van Hecke: a fixed fee of £52 million with no add-ons, with the 26-year-old Dutch centre-back set to head north to London. That move is separate from Vuskovic’s future — Brighton’s second bid of £35 million for Vuskovic has been rejected by Tottenham.
Nineteen-year-old Vuskovic has yet to make a first-team debut for Tottenham, but made his name on loan at Hamburg: six goals in 28 Bundesliga games, turning him into a young centre-back on the radar of several European clubs. The player is said to have reached a verbal agreement with Brighton over a move; the Seagulls’ two previous bids were turned down, and their latest probe of around £30 million also fell through. Tottenham would ideally like to keep him, but Brighton can offer a more stable route to regular starts — a card that has come up repeatedly in the negotiations.
Price remains the biggest obstacle. Tottenham value Vuskovic at around £60 million; Brighton have completed their internal assessment of whether to meet that asking price, but their stance is to seek a compromise rather than pay in full. There are also reports that Tottenham are prepared to let him go if a bid closer to their preferred price comes in, but the two sides are still one final round of bargaining away from a handshake.
Kadro ihtiyaçları açısından bakıldığında Brighton, 2025-26 sezonunun son maçında evinde 0-3 mağlup olarak savunmayı güçlendirme baskısı altında; Tottenham ise aynı haftada 1-0’lık galibiyetle sezonu kapattı ve Van Hecke’nin katılımı halinde stoper hattına önemli bir takviye yapılmış olacak. Wuskovic’in Martılar’ın yaz dönemindeki ikinci büyük transferi olup olmayacağı, Brighton’ın 60 milyon avroluk fiyat etiketi ile oyuncunun gelişimine verilecek taahhüt arasında Tottenham’ın kabul edebileceği bir dengeyi bulup bulamayacağına bağlı.
