Darren Bent has told Football Insider that Tottenham should throw a transfer “curveball” by trying to sign Bayer Leverkusen’s Kai Havertz.
The 20-year-old has made waves in Germany this season to attract interest from Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester United, as the Daily Mail reports.
Havertz has picked up where he left off at the restart of the Bundesliga season, scoring three goals in two games including this cheeky finish at the end of a flowing Leverkusen move against Borussia Mönchengladbach.
This is what Bent told Football Insider about his former club going after the attacking midfielder: “At times, I know all teams have a transfer structure where they might go: ‘We need defenders, we need midfielders,’ whatever it may be but sometimes little curveballs get thrown in.
“When a player of such quality all of a sudden gets thrown into the market, you’ve got to rip that transfer sheet up and go: ‘He’s the best player available, we’ve got to take him.’”
While I completely understand Bent’s sentiment about signing the best player available, regardless of position, I don’t think we will have the freedom to operate like that in the summer market.
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