The Sixth Spence unveiling video had launched and the excitement among the Tottenham support was palpable. After weeks of back and forth, Djed Spence could be presented as the club’s sixth signing of the summer and on 19 July, too – a detail that almost demands an exclamation mark, given how the chairman, Daniel Levy, has previously liked to operate.
The real welcome would come later that night when Antonio Conte’s view of the transfer was published on various newspaper websites. “Spence is an investment of the club,” the manager said. “The club wanted to do it. I said: ‘OK. This player is young but he showed he can become a good, important player for us.’ The club decided to buy him.”
