Tottenham Hotspur have struggled to offload their fringe players.
Tottenham Hotspur struggled to spend in the transfer window, and that was exacerbated by their failure to get rid of their unwanted players.
Football London reported Vincent Janssen, Georges-Kevin N’Koudou, Danny Rose, Mousa Dembele, Moussa Sissoko, Marcus Edwards and Fernando Llorente were all for sale at the right price, along with Toby Alderweireld.
The problem is, Spurs chairman Daniel Levy’s idea of ‘the right price’ appears to be very different to buying clubs.
Tottenham have not been able to offload any of their ‘for sale’ players, and teams may finally be wising up to Levy.
In previous years Tottenham have earned exorbitant fees for players like Paulinho and Nabil Bentaleb, even getting £8 million for Alex Pritchard looked a good deal for Spurs.
Manchester United were put off by Levy’s valuation of Alderweireld – along with his wage demands.
But more concerningly is the ‘deadwood’ like Janssen staying put.
According to The London Evening Standard, Tottenham wanted to recoup the £17 million they paid for Janssen, and £13 million for Llorente.
£50 million for Danny Rose is a price far too steep for a club to pay, for a player who did not even start 10 league games last year.
The Sun reported the previous summer how Levy’s determination to recoup the £30 million spent on Moussa Sissoko saw the Frenchman stay put.
Days of Levy getting his way may be gone, with clubs refusing to bend to his demands.
Either he can write this year off as unlucky, or he will have to change. If he had changed sooner and lowered asking prices, then perhaps Spurs would have had money to bring in players of their own.
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