When Tottenham Hotspur needed him most, Daniel Levy has well and truly stepped up.
Before the transfer window was lifted open for the summer, it was obvious that Spurs would need to be creative in their dealings.
They weren’t looking like qualifying for the Champions League and picking up a hefty eight-figure windfall from doing so and with the global health crisis, Levy was forced to take a £175 million loan to protect the club from the losses incurred from not having fans inside their £1 billion stadium.
And yet with 13 days left in the window, you could argue that Tottenham have done the best business – and it could get a lot better.
Levy signed Matt Docherty and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg for a net figure of £18 million, after selling Kyle Walker-Peters to Southampton for £12 million, and those two were followed up with a loan move for Gareth Bale – the Gareth Bale, from Real Madrid – and Sergio Reguilon, for £28 million.
But Tottenham, who won 5-2 without Bale this past weekend, are still looking to strengthen and Fabrizio Romano claimed on Twitter last night that they had opened talks with Inter Milan about signing centre-back Milan Skriniar, while Tuttomercatoweb reported yesterday that the North Londoners had made a move to sign striker Arkadiusz Milik.
Milik would clearly be a back-up to Harry Kane, but 25-year-old Skriniar is good enough and young enough to seriously challenge Toby Alderweireld and Davinson Sanchez in defence.
They might not have won a trophy since 2008, but Tottenham are already winning the transfer window – and a double deal for Milik and Skriniar, two established Serie A stars, would solidify it.
Levy has had his critics in recent years, but he’s already done an astounding job this summer. If these other two come in, it’ll reiterate his importance to the club at such a precarious and worrying time.
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