Tottenham Hotspur have completed the signing of Swansea City defender Joe Rodon.
Rodon will join the club on a five year deal with Tottenham paying £11 million ($14m), which could rise to £15m ($19m) with add-ons. Rodon will wear the No.14 shirt for the 2020-21 season.
🎥 Head behind the scenes at Hotspur Way as Joe Rodon signs for Spurs!#WelcomeRodon ⚪️ #COYS pic.twitter.com/fGRI2fz62P
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) October 17, 2020
An academy product of Swansea, Rodon broke through the starting XI in 2018-19 while also being regular in Wales current setup, starting all the three games during the international break.
Rodon will the third Welsh player at club with Gareth Bale arriving on loan from Real Madrid and Ben Davies who made the same journey arriving from The Swans back in 2014.
Tottenham Hotspur head coach Jose Mourinho has applauded his club’s activities in the summer transfer window and heaped praise on club chairman Daniel Levy,
“It is a great opportunity to publicly thank my boss, my board, Mr. Levy, the structure, [head of recruitment] Steve [Hitchen] because what they did for the team was amazing. In such a difficult period where I always believed we were not able to reach some of the targets, the club did an incredible effort. Mr. Levy showed once more that when he wants, when he is really involved, he is a genius in the way he makes deals happen and I can only publicly thank them for what they gave to the team.”
💭 “Coming from my boyhood club to this position is only something I could have dreamed of…” #WelcomeRodon ⚪️ #COYS
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) October 16, 2020
