Tottenham Hotspur officially complete £8.5m deadline day sale

All eyes have been on Randal Kolo Muani today at Tottenham Hotspur, but there has also been an £8.5m outgoing in N17.

Bryan Gil was widely seen as one of the best young talents in Spanish football when Tottenham Hotspur secured his services back in 2021.

However, successive Spurs managers have deemed him not to be ready for the Premier League, and he has been shipped on loan to La Liga time and again.

It always looked certain that the winger would leave this window, with Gil himself admitting earlier this summer that he would not continue at Tottenham.

Bryan Gil returns to Girona

Some sources had reported over recent days that Tottenham may release Gil after failing to find a buyer for him; however, the Lilywhites were finally able to agree a sale on deadline day.

Spurs have confirmed that Bryan Gil is set to join Girona on a permanent transfer, after impressing at the La Liga club on loan last season.

Girona turned down the option to buy Gil €15m (£12.5m) earlier this summer, and that has now proven to be the smart choice, with the club now getting the Spurs man for just £8.5m in the end.

A statement on the official Spurs site read: “We have reached agreement with La Liga side Girona for the permanent transfer of Bryan Gil.

“Having joined the Club from Sevilla in July, 2021, Bryan made his debut for us in a UEFA Conference League fixture against Paços de Ferreira the following month.

“Later spending time on loan at Valencia, Sevilla and Girona, he made a total of 43 appearances in our colours.

“We wish Bryan all the best for the future.”

It never quite worked out for Gil at Spurs

Tottenham thought they were investing in one of the most exciting young talents in Spanish football when they scooped up Bryan Gil in 2021.

Fast forward four years, and Gil only ever made 43 appearances in Lilywhite, failing to ever score a competitive goal for Spurs. In fact, he has never scored more than four goals for any club he has represented in his career.

Now 24 years old and clearly not built for the Premier League, an exit always seemed inevitable this summer. Gil needs a consistent and permanent home in order to rediscover his spark, and hopefully, that can be Girona.