There’s a piece in Bild this morning that suggests that 3 Premier League sides are interested in signing Marcel Sabitzer this summer. The suggestion that RB Leipzig might part with the central midfielder has been doing the rounds for a few months now and given Bild’s reputation, we might take the prospective asking price of £36million as accurate.
That’s half the problem. Quote how Tottenham would raise that class of money defeats me. This summer there is a glimmer of hope that fans could start to come back to stadiums in due, but that is like someone who owes you £5000, telling you that they’ve just popped a cheque in the post for £37.40.
Sabitzer is far too old for Daniel Levy to invest so heavily in. At 27, this is a player which a side like Spurs shouldn’t be considering buying at all.
Tottenham is now in the unenviable position of having an array of midfielders, which in an ideal world would be largely scattered into the four corners of the Premier League. If it were possible for Spurs to drum up some cash, it would be a self-defeating business to then reinvest in a player close to retirement – no matter what his transfer fee was.
Mind you, if Tottenham were to sign Marcel, it would make far more sense loaning Bale ever did.