Spurs interest in Lemar is over.
In fact, it’s difficult to believe that the interest was ever particularly serious in the first place.
The rumoured fee was supposed to be in the region of £30million, a figure that hasn’t exactly brought Tottenham luck in the transfer market.
Darren Lewis is one of many journalists reporting that Spurs are no longer pursuing the player.
Given how ‘on the up’ Spurs are, it is impossible to believe that the issue was anything more complicated than money.
The player won’t be earning fortunes where he is, and it is standard practise for Levy to offer a fifth of any asking price, with a payment plan spread across at least three generations.
Arsenal were also reported to be interested in the Monaco man, it will be fascinating to see if that was legitimate or not.
I’m becoming increasingly convinced that Pochettino’s belief in the ‘philosophy’ and Levy’s bloodymindedness will see us tackling Wembley with the same wafer thin squad as last term, which frankly beggars belief.