De Zerbi Pushing Tottenham to Agree Shock Deal to Sign Marcus Rashford

James joined Football FanCast in 2016 following a three-year spell working for Shoot Magazine, working his way up from freelance writer to editor, before moving across to GMS in 2020.

James has created exclusive, opinion and news content on GIVEMESPORT, with a predominant focus on the Premier League.

He has also developed strong working relationships with top tier journalists such as Fabrizio Romano, Dharmesh Sheth and Ben Jacobs, regularly chatting to them as part of an exclusives initiative. Sign in to your GiveMeSport account Tottenham Hotspur manager Roberto De Zerbi is now pushing the club to complete a 'shock' move to sign Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford, as new details emerge from the i Paper.

Having finished 17th and escaping relegation on the final day of the Premier League season, De Zerbi is in no mood to stand still as he looks to make some hugely ambitious signings to bring Tottenham back up the standings.

Spurs have already announced a trio of signings who bring great Premier League experience with them in Andy Robertson, Jan Paul van Hecke and Marcos Senesi, with the former winning both the Premier League and the Champions League during his time with Liverpool.

With those three additions and Pedro Porro signing a new long-term contract, De Zerbi can be happy with how the defence is shaping up ahead of next season, but now he wants to further strengthen in front of them too.

Spurs are working on deals to land Sandro Tonali and Mateus Fernandes from Newcastle United and West Ham United respectively, with both players being eyed by some of the Premier League's elite.

Tottenham are also looking to make new signings in the frontline as they plan to complete seven summer additions.

According to the i Paper, United forward Rashford is the next target on Tottenham's ambitious summer transfer wishlist.

De Zerbi has made it clear he wants proven Premier League players in the building, as shown by the three additions so far and the desire to sign Tonali and Fernandes, and Rashford also fits the bill.

Spurs aren't willing to pay the England international's £40m release clause, but they are willing to submit a lower offer to try and convince United to agree to a permanent exit.

De Zerbi is understood to be a huge fan of the 28-year-old and will push Tottenham's hierarchy to agree a deal for him, even though the £315,000-a-week player's preference is to move abroad again following his successful loan spell with Barcelona.

Tottenham's top left-winger target this summer has been Manchester City star Savinho, who they also tried to secure 12 months ago.

While Spurs have made quick progress on certain deals, a move for the Brazilian does appear to be dragging, even though the window only officially opened a week ago.

Fabrizio Romano claims that Savinho remains a 'strong possibility' for the north Londoners and that the club is in talks with both City and the player's agent over a move.

The positive for Tottenham is that, like a year ago, the player is keen on a switch to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, which is no surprise given he found first-team minutes hard to come by last term under Pep Guardiola.

Agreeing a fee with City looks to be the major hurdle now, but links to players like Rashford suggests they are willing to look elsewhere for their left-winger signing.