Why didn’t Tottenham Hotspur move for Everton’s Andre Gomes?

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Tottenham Hotspur boss Mauricio Pochettino has suggested his side have a similar budget to Everton.

Tottenham Hotspur boss Mauricio Pochettino’s comments to the Guardian about his side’s budget makes it even more confusing why he didn’t make a move to rival Everton for Andre Gomes this summer.

Pochettino went on record to suggest that Tottenham and Everton currently have very similar budgets to spend.

Spurs were clearly in the market for a central midfielder in the summer, but they failed to find an appropriate target.

And it must, therefore, be questioned why they didn’t make a bid for Gomes.

Gomes was on Tottenham’s radar in 2017, as reported by the Telegraph, and Pochettino is known to be a fan.

But Everton managed to sign Gomes on loan from Barcelona unopposed, and the Portuguese midfielder has been a revelation in the Premier League.

Gomes has been Everton’s star man over recent weeks, and he looks to be perfectly at home in England.

The Barca man could have been a wonderful addition to Spurs’ midfield, and offered them great composure and poise, if Pochettino’s side had made an offer.

However Tottenham, rather bafflingly, didn’t make a bid and they must be regretting that decision now.