Tottenham are close to signing Marcos Senesi on a free transfer after positive talks this week brought the 29-year-old Argentina international closer to a move to north London.
Senesi is available after a four-season stay at Bournemouth. Since joining from Feyenoord in 2022 he made 128 appearances for the club in all competitions, scoring six goals and providing 10 assists. This season he played all but one of Bournemouth's league games — 37 appearances — and registered five assists in the league as Bournemouth finished sixth and qualified for Europe for the first time in their history.
Senesi has been reviewing multiple offers since the season ended, with clubs from LaLiga and Serie A having tabled bids. Bournemouth abandoned efforts to retain him after he turned down a third new contract offer in December and then began talks with major overseas clubs. Tottenham’s interest has now moved forward this week, though personal terms for any move are yet to be finalised.
The signing would meet a clear need at Tottenham. Club chief executive Vinai Venkatesham has been candid about the work required, saying: "The squad needs work and the squad hasn't got the right balance." He added that the club seeks "experience and leadership and also that kind of physical robustness to play in the most demanding league that exists." He warned that rebuilding will be a process: "We need to strengthen the club over multiple transfer windows but this transfer window, in particular, is going to be critical."
Tension around the deal comes from Tottenham's wider summer plans. Spurs are also hopeful of finalising a deal to bring Andy Robertson to north London; Robertson will depart Liverpool on a free transfer this summer and Tottenham tried to sign him during the January transfer window. There is optimism at the club that the left-back move can be completed before Robertson captains Scotland at the World Cup, but that timetable — and Senesi's own contract talks — leave both potential signings dependent on swift agreement over personal terms.
For Senesi the move would be the latest chapter in a steady rise: a three-cap Argentina international whose reliability was underlined by 128 appearances in four seasons for Bournemouth. For Tottenham it would be a straightforward answer to a season that exposed gaps at the back. The simple fact now is this: positive talks have brought Marcos Senesi close to Spurs, and whether the club converts that proximity into two completed free transfers this summer will come down to finalising personal terms.
