Tottenham have sold Davinson Sanchez to Galatasaray, with Spurs head coach Ange Postecoglou ready to put his faith in teenager Ashley Phillips to step up.
Sanchez joined the reigning Turkish champions on Monday night in a permanent deal worth just under £12.8million, with Spurs team-mate Tanguy Ndombele also heading to Istanbul on a season-long loan that includes a purchase option for next summer also worth £12.8m.
Both signed in time to be included in Galatasaray’s squad for the Champions League group stage.
Sanchez began the season as Spurs' third-choice centre-back under Postecoglou and came off the bench in the opening-day draw at Brentford before starting and missing a shootout penalty in the Carabao Cup second-round defeat by Fulham.
With Eric Dier having not made a single matchday squad yet under the Australian, summer signing Phillips was on the bench against Burnley at the weekend and could now act as centre-back cover, alongside Ben Davies, until at least January.
Phillips, 18, joined Spurs in July for £3m from Blackburn, where he played eight times in the Championship last season, and has been training full time with the first team, despite also appearing at Under-21 level.
The England U19 international is highly-rated but could now be thrust in at right centre-back if there is an injury to Cristian Romero, unless Postecoglou brings Dier back in from the cold.
