The Pak Banker

Tottenham sign Sessegnon and Lo Celso

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After going more than a year without signing players - and still reaching the Champions League final - Tottenham made the biggest moves on the Premier League's transfer deadline day.

Not content with breaking their transfer record fee last month, Spurs also signed winger Ryan Sessegnon and midfielder Giovani lo Celso.

The English club ended 18 months of transfer inactivity in July when they signed midfielder Tanguy Ndombele for a club-record 60 million euros ($68 million). Spurs paid Fulham 25 million pounds ($30 million) for the 19-year-old Sessegnon, with the England Under-21 internatio­nal signing a six-year deal. Lo Celso has joined on a year-long loan from Real Betis with the option to make the transfer permanent.

The 23-year-old has played 19 times for Argentina. Spurs lost 2-0 to Liverpool in the Champions League final in June. They finished fourth in the Premier League last season, 27 points behind winner Manchester City. They had also hoped to sign Juventus forward Paulo Dybala but the Italian club decided not to sell the Argentina internatio­nal.

Dybala had also been a target for Manchester United earlier this month, but instead of buying a forward it lost one as Romelu Lukaku completed his move to Inter Milan for a reported 65 million euros ($73 million), plus 13 million euros ($15 million) in bonuses.

Other Premier League clubs could still lose players. Although the transfer window is shut in England, it is still open in other countries. Arsenal added two defenders to the squad in the final hours of trading. David Luiz left Chelsea for the second time, moving across London to Arsenal. The 32-year-old center back had signed a new two-season contract in May with Chelsea, which the center back rejoined from Paris SaintGerma­in in 2016. But the Brazilian left Stamford Bridge before playing a competitiv­e match under new manager Frank Lampard. Luiz played under Arsenal manager Unai Emery at PSG.

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