Micky van de Ven joins Tottenham from Wolfsburg
- Micky van de Ven joins Tottenham from Wolfsburg
- Defender signs long-term contract until 2029
- Spurs agreed a transfer fee worth £43m
Tottenham Hotspur have announced the arrival of centre-back Micky van de Ven from Bundesliga side Wolfsburg – the transfer remains subject to obtaining a work permit.
As 90min reported earlier this month, Spurs agreed a £43m deal with Wolfsburg for Van de Ven. He has now signed a six-year contract at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium until 2029.
Van de Ven has already been assigned the number 37 shirt most recently worn by Kyle Walker-Peters and previously owned by Harry Kane in his earliest days with the first-team.
The 22-year-old Dutchman is yet to make his senior international debut but was named in the Netherlands’ 2022 World Cup preliminary squad and has captained his country at Under-21 level.
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Van de Ven is the fifth new face at Tottenham this summer after Giuglielmo Vicario, James Maddison, Manor Solomon and Ashley Phillips. The £43m price tag eclipses the £40m that Spurs agreed with Leicester to sign Maddison back in June.
Dejan Kulusevski and Pedro Porro have both also joined on permanent transfers after loan spells.
Van de Ven was born in the town of Wormer, near Amsterdam. He was drafted into the youth ranks of local North Holland club FC Volendam from the age of 12, progressing to the second division club’s first-team by the age of 18 and moving to Wolfsburg two years later.
Having been a regular with Volendam, Van de Ven was initially a fringe player in a debut season in Germany that was also hampered by injury. But he firmly established himself during a breakout 2022/23 and started all but one of Wolfsburg’s 34 Bundesliga games.