Manchester United and Chelsea had previously been interested in Tel, who has one assist in 14 games for Bayern Munich this season.

Ange Postecoglou says deadline-day signing Mathys Tel "will be a Tottenham player" next season, insisting: "I didn't bring him here for six months." Tel joined Spurs from Bayern Munich on loan until the end of the campaign, with an option for the club to make the deal permanent for £45.7million in the summer.

The major story surrounding Bayern Munich and a handful of Premier League clubs on transfer deadline day was the future of Mathys Tel. The versatile French forw

Tottenham Hotspur have completed the loan signing of Mathys Tel from Bayern Munich until the end of the season. The deal includes an option to buy Tel for €55million (£45.7m; $56.9m) on a six-year contract. Tel is Spurs’ fourth signing of the window after goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky, forward Yang Min-hyeok and centre-back Kevin Danso (also on loan).

For a start, Tottenham have an option to buy Tel for £45m – whereas it feels unlikely Chelsea would have allowed such a clause for any loan involving Felix – which gives Spurs assurance they can sign the teenager permanently if he does succeed, rather than improving another club’s player for no long term gain.

Ange Postecoglou persuaded Tel to join Tottenham on deadline day, and may need to drop the French 19-year-old into his starting XI for Thursday night’s Carabao Cup semi-final second leg at Anfield

Tottenham Hotspur have been eliminated from the Carabao Cup after Liverpool overcame a 1-0 deficit from the first leg of their semi-final clash to beat them 4-1 on aggregate. Despite heading to Anfield with the advantage,