Christian Eriksen and Dele Alli were both heavily tipped to sign new deals this summer.
Neither extension transpired and I am told this is wholly down to what Gladys has described as the wholesale absenteeism of our illustrious chairman from footballing activity.
As an inept project manager on a comedy building site, he’s been at the helm in some instances for what has felt like 25 hours a day.
As a football man, he’s just been too busy ‘firefighting’ in the name of the ‘bigger picture’.
Harry Kane’s situation was the exception of course.
Gun to the head job.
Thankfully the boy Kane only returned home with a modestly secured golden boot under his arm, opposed to the World Cup. £200,000 a week plus bonuses is sweet enough to deter any short term advances.
Yup.
That was the being brave bit.
Eriksen wants parity with Kane, and ENIC feel that the Dane is being… well, er… a tad too brave.
The 24 year old is currently on a reported £75,000 a week was expecting at the very least a similar ‘double your money’ type initiative.
The party line from Spurs is that he had been benefiting more than most from the excellent bonus system, frequently taking home as much as an extra £25,000 a week last season, so the club’s most recent offer of £125,00 a week +bonuses ought to represent a fair deal.
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It’s Liverpool vs. Brighton in a bit.
That should give us a clue.
