Barcelona want 28-year-old gone inside 48 hours amid Spurs rumours

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Barcelona want to sell Clement Lenglet in the coming days amid continued links with a permanent move to Tottenham Hotspur.

Clement Lenglet could be on the move this week as Barcelona want him gone by Wednesday.

That is according to Spanish newspaper AS, who report that Barcelona want to ideally make a few sales before Wednesday.

Xavi takes his players on tour to the United States on Wednesday and Barcelona want players gone by then.

Lenglet is one of the players primed to go and it’s stated that Tottenham are still keen on signing him.

Lenglet has been excused from training for nearly a week now with Barcelona allowing him to pursue a move elsewhere.

No agreement has been reached and whilst Barcelona want him out in the next 48 hours or so, he could fly out to Los Angeles with the rest of the squad.

Franck Kessie and Sergino Dest are two more players who are available but selling them in the coming days is considered difficult.

Tottenham should avoid Clement Lenglet move

This rumour just isn’t going away, particularly over in Spain.

Mundo Deportivo claimed last week that Lenglet was allowed to skip training specifically in order to finalise talks over a move to Tottenham.

The English press haven’t been quite so confident about Tottenham signing Lenglet and we would suggest that Spurs look elsewhere.

Lenglet spent last season on loan at Tottenham and didn’t particularly stand out in a disappointing side.

Lenglet was fine as a stop-gap for a year until Tottenham could go and splash out for another left-sided centre back.

That chance is now there with Tottenham chasing Wolfsburg star Micky van de Ven, who is young, tall, fast and comfortable on the ball.

That’s what Tottenham need, not to go back to a loanee who didn’t really look all that good last season.

Lenglet has no resale value, doesn’t improve Tottenham’s starting XI and doesn’t help any homegrown quota.

This just isn’t the kind of move we think Tottenham should be making and if Barcelona want to rush through a deal this week, we would hope Spurs stay sensible and look elsewhere.