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title: "Tottenham fans will be fuming after Enzo Maresca’s latest comments on Savinho"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Vishal Subramanian"
section: "Tottenham News"
published: "2026-08-14T10:50:40Z"
modified: "2026-08-14T10:50:41Z"
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# Tottenham fans will be fuming after Enzo Maresca’s latest comments on Savinho

**Yesterday, various reports suggested that Tottenham Hotspur made a massive breakthrough in their pursuit of Savinho.**

The Brazilian has been linked with a move to North London for well over a year now and informed Manchester City earlier this summer that he wanted to leave.

Savinho missed training yesterday due to an illness, but there was a lot of speculation that his absence was transfer-related.

And later in the day, reports from Brazil claimed Tottenham had made their first official bid for Savinho, so a transfer seemed to be developing.

But now, Enzo Maresca has doubled down on claims that the Brazilian was indeed sick, which is not what the Tottenham faithful wanted to hear.

## Enzo Maresca confirms Savinho is ill

“Savio was not part of the session on Thursday; he was a little bit ill,” said Maresca at a press conference.

“We’ll see today, the session is in the afternoon. We’ll see and we’ll decide for tomorrow’s game.”

> 🚨 Enzo Maresca on Savinho: “Savio was not part of the session on Thursday, he was a little bit ill. We'll see today, the session is in the afternoon”.\
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> “We’ll see and we'll decide for tomorrow’s game”. [pic.twitter.com/ATk9w4T24D](https://t.co/ATk9w4T24D)
>
> — Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) [August 14, 2026](https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/2088209575941992502?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

Now, we didn’t expect the Manchester City boss to come out and openly admit that his player wasn’t risked because he is being linked with a transfer.

However, Maresca’s comments prove the transfer isn’t imminent, which is what a lot of Tottenham fans were led to believe yesterday.

This has been a frustrating transfer saga for everyone involved and the sooner it is resolved, the better.