Max Meyer’s wages present Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy with a dilemma

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Daniel Levy will have to pay Max Meyer a substantial weekly wage to bring him to Spurs and beat Premier League rivals Arsenal and Liverpool.

There have been a few rumblings of discontent of late directed towards the wage ceiling put in place by chairman Daniel Levy at Tottenham Hotspur.

Danny Rose’ infamous interview with The Sun last summer hinted at a lack of ambition on Spurs’ part, while it is understood that Toby Alderweireld, arguably the best defender in the Premier League, earns a very modest £50,000-a-week and is yet to agree a new deal to extend his contract beyond 2019, The Times claim.

Levy has shown a willingness to be slightly more flexible of late, however. Per The Mail, he was ready to offer Spurs’ talismanic number 10 Harry Kane a major wage boost to £200,000-a-week from his initial £110,000 package.

And if Spurs are interested in finally signing their long-term target Max Meyer when his contract at Schalke expires at the end of this season, the famously scrupulous Levy will have to put his money where his mouth is to lure the German international to North London.

Bild claim that the 22-year-old, who has been reinvented from an attacking midfielder into a deep-lying playmaker this season by Schalke boss Domenico Tedesco, has turned down a £5 million a year (£96,000 a week) deal that would have made him the club’s highest paid player.

As such, Spurs would surely have to put an offer of around £100,000 on the table to bring in Meyer. Arsenal and Liverpool, who Bild state are interested, would have no difficulty paying that sort of figure so Spurs must be willing to stump up or face missing out.