The suggestion from the Daily Mail‘s Jordan Seeward is that Spurs are 8/10 when it comes to signing Phillipe Coutinho, which is half a length ahead (to use racing jargon) of supposed rivals Chelsea, Leicester City and Arsenal. The mere mention of this on social media caused and immediate split in fan reaction as you can see.
For my money, this is a player that for numerous reasons has had his moment in the Premier League sun, and it would take a number of significant ‘altered conditions’ in order to enable the 28-year-old to return. Sky Sports estimate that the players’ wages are currently in the region of £250,000 per week, which quite frankly would cause Daniel Levy’s spreadsheet to spontaneously combust.
Right now, Spurs are still trying to encourage Tanguy Ndombele out of the dressing room, and the last thing the club needs is an even wider beak poking out of the nest. In fact, in the present financial conditions, it is ambitious to imagine any English side being prepared to take a rather expensive punt on the former Liverpool ‘ace’.