Tottenham Hotspur have completed the signing of the Ajax centre-back Davinson Sánchez for a reported club-record fee, subject to a work permit.
Spurs announced a deal for the 21-year-old had been agreed with the Dutch side on Friday but the Colombia centre-back underwent a medical and signed a contract until 2023 on Wednesday.
A statement on the club’s website read: “We are delighted to announce that Davinson Sánchez has completed his move to the club, subject to receipt of his work permit later this week.”
The fee is believed to be in the region of £42m, eclipsing the previous record of £30m which Spurs paid Newcastle for the midfielder Moussa Sissoko last summer.
Sánchez joined Ajax in June last year on a five-year deal after leaving Atlético Nacional in his homeland. He played in last season’s Europa League final defeat against Manchester United and was named Ajax’s player of the year in May. He will wear the No6 shirt for Tottenham.
Mauricio Pochettino has been keen to add to his squad this summer and the completion of Sánchez’s switch came on a busy day for the Tottenham manager.
Spurs also brought in the goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga from Southampton on Wednesday and extended the contract of the right-back Kyle Walker-Peters. Gazzaniga has signed a contract until 2022 and will provide back-up to Hugo Lloris and Michel Vorm.
The 25-year-old, who started his career at Valencia before moving to England with Gillingham in 2011, said: “I feel amazing and am so happy to start training with the boys. This is an amazing club and the facilities are unbelievable.”
Walker-Peters, meanwhile, has signed a new contract which will keep him at the club until 2020. The 20-year-old made his first-team debut against Newcastle on the opening day of the Premier League season and was named man of the match in a 2-0 win.
He said: “To make my debut and get three points, get man of the match, I am delighted of course and it just shows that I need to kick on now and it makes me want more of that.”
Swansea City have announced the signing of Sam Clucas from Hull City for an undisclosed fee, reported to be an initial £15m with up to £1.5m in add-on fees.
The 26-year-old midfielder has agreed a four-year deal at the Liberty Stadium, and becomes the signing under Paul Clement, the manager, since the departure of Gylfi Sigurdsson. Stephen Kingsley has moved in the opposite direction, with the Swansea defender joining Hull for an undisclosed fee.
“[Sam] is a good footballer and that is what we want here,” Clement said on Tuesday after Swansea’s Carabao Cup win against MK Dons. “The fact he can play in so many positions reinforces that he is a good footballer.
“This is the first [signing] in the latter parts of the window and hopefully we can do a couple more.”
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