De Zerbi Promises Another Bomba as Spurs Rebuild Gathers Pace

Tottenham’s summer of audacity is not over yet. Roberto De Zerbi insists there is still “another bomba” to come in a transfer window that has already torn up the club’s old caution.

Spurs have smashed their transfer record twice in a matter of weeks. First came Mateus Fernandes from West Ham for £85 million, a statement of intent in itself. Then they went even bigger, prising Sandro Tonali from Newcastle in a deal that could climb to £100m. Those are numbers that once belonged to other clubs. Not anymore.

Jan Paul van Hecke has been added from Brighton to reshape the back line, while Andy Robertson and Marcos Senesi have arrived on free transfers, the sort of savvy business that gives a squad depth and edge at the same time. There is also strong interest in Brazilian winger Savinho, currently at Manchester City, as Spurs look to inject even more flair into the wide areas.

For supporters, the word “bomba” has become a familiar piece of transfer slang, shorthand on social media for the kind of sudden, explosive deal that hijacks timelines and rattles rivals. De Zerbi knows exactly what he’s doing by leaning into that language.

“The transfer market, it’s not finished for sure,” he said, as reported by The Athletic. “We have completed 60% of our project in the transfer market. Now we have another bomba.”

The message is clear: this is only the middle act of his rebuild.

Asked if that “bomba” signing was close, De Zerbi kept the tension high. “I hope, but it’s not finished, for sure,” he replied, offering just enough to fuel speculation without giving anything away.

What he did reveal, though, was his own mindset when the club identifies a target.

“In the transfer market, when I want one player, I become like a shark,” he said. “No chance to say no. I love working in the transfer market. It’s not pressure, it’s one of the nicest parts of my work, my job.”

It is a striking image: a head coach casting himself as the predator, circling, waiting, then moving decisively when the moment is right. For a club that has too often hesitated at the crucial point of a deal, that attitude marks a cultural shift as much as a tactical one.

De Zerbi has already made it clear in other comments that he will not beg any player to stay or to join. The project, in his eyes, must sell itself. Tottenham, armed with record fees and a coach unafraid to be ruthless in the market, are behaving like a club intent on crashing the established order.

The squad is being rebuilt in his image, piece by expensive piece, with free transfers used as clever glue between the marquee arrivals. The only question now is simple: how big, and how loud, will that final “bomba” be?