Transfers are generally, but particularly at Spurs, complex beasts with more factors to be juggled than many might imagine. In the case of Callum Wilson the first step was getting the wage demands brought kicking and screaming into the financially challenging Coronavirus riddled 21st century. It is my understanding from a source close to the club that this has been accomplished and now, other parts of the puzzle are required to be moved.
Oliver Skipp has gone to Norwich and Luke Amos to Queens Park Rangers, and in these testing times every little helps. Getting a deal over the line for Serge Aurier would free up the £70,000 pwk basic for Wilson (who was finally convinced when Spurs’ bonus structure was explained to him). That said, Vertonghen was on £90,000 pwk…
My understanding is that Arkadiusz Milik would be José Mourinho’s preferred choice but Tottenham’s budget is a million miles away from the £30million or so Napoli are likely to demand.
Mourinho is desperate for a player that can be used to rotate with Kane, and many of you will recall his lament for one when Kane was last out, something along the lines of ‘I don’t even have a striker in the stands’.
Any deal for Wilson is some way off, until Mr Levy gets all his duckies in a row, nothing can happen.
