{"id":597246,"date":"2021-07-26T08:30:14","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T12:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=597246"},"modified":"2021-07-26T08:30:14","modified_gmt":"2021-07-26T12:30:14","slug":"tottenham-hotspur-sign-bryan-gil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/07\/26\/tottenham-hotspur-sign-bryan-gil\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham Hotspur Sign Bryan Gil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tottenham Hotspur have completed the signing of Sevilla winger Bryan Gil on a permanent deal. As part of the move, Spurs&#8217; Argentine midfielder Erik Lamela will move the other way. On top of that, Spurs have <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1419629435964231681\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reportedly<\/a> paid around \u20ac25 million for Gil, who has signed a contract until 2026.<\/p>\n<h2>Bryan Gil Joins Spurs, Erik Lamela Goes the Other Way<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Gracias, agent <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sergio_regui?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@sergio_regui<\/a> \ud83d\ude0e<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to Spurs, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/11BryanGil?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@11BryanGil<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S9782r48eI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/S9782r48eI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpursOfficial\/status\/1419628883071152132?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 26, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Career So Far<\/h3>\n<p>Twenty-year-old Gil started his youth career at Barbate in his native Spain before moving to the academy at Sevilla in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>He spent six years in the youth set-up before making his debut for Sevilla B in 2018, going on to appear 23 times for them and scoring four goals across one season.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, he made his debut for the first team when he came on as a substitute for Wissam Ben Yedder in a 1-1 draw against Atletico Madrid. He made ten more appearances in that season, all as a sub, and scored once in a 5-0 win against Rayo Vallecano.<\/p>\n<p>Gil scored his first European goal in November 2019 when he netted in a Europa League fixture against Qarabag, which Sevilla went on to win 2-0.<\/p>\n<p>In January of that season, he moved to Leganes on loan and scored in a 2-2 draw against <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/06\/20\/real-madrid-luka-jovic\/\" target=\"_self\">Real Madrid<\/a>, and he then spent the 2020\/21 season on loan at Eibar, scoring four goals in 28 matches.<\/p>\n<h3>Spurs&#8217; Summer<\/h3>\n<p>Gil becomes the second player to join Spurs this summer after they completed the capture of goalkeeper <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/07\/24\/tottenham-hotspurs-future-goalkeepers-pierluigi-gollini-take-hugo-lloris-mantle\/\" target=\"_self\">Pierluigi Gollini<\/a> last week. The stopper joined on an initial loan deal from Atalanta.<\/p>\n<p>They are also working on a deal to sign another Atalanta player in <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/07\/23\/tottenham-cristian-romero-price\/\" target=\"_self\">Cristian Romero<\/a>, while a move for another centre back, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/07\/14\/tottenham-hotspur-close-takehiro-tomiyasu\/\" target=\"_self\">Takehiro Tomiyasu<\/a>, is still in progress.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"s1nVnTZ_SABB5AMYNspCAg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1282025206\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'s1nVnTZ_SABB5AMYNspCAg',sig:'C5C7xvMiHK1gP0n-GONnDqTQJOM8ssAKMSfXkpnWf1w=',w:'594px',h:'399px',items:'1282025206',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tottenham Hotspur have completed the signing of Sevilla winger Bryan Gil on a permanent deal. As part of the move, Spurs&#8217; Argentine midfielder Erik Lamela will move the other way. On top of that, Spurs have reportedly paid around \u20ac25 million for Gil, who has signed a contract until 2026. 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