It can’t be a transfer window without at least one story being run about chairman Daniel Levy seeking to grasp more cash from one of his ailing buyers. The 28-year-old Uruguayan has entered the last year of his contract at Tottenham, and that has raised one or two eyebrows over his long-term future at Hotspur Way.
The usual valuation struggles when dealing with Tottenham
TransferMarkt lists the midfielder as being worth €30 million, and a report in the Turkish outlet Sabah, suggests that Fenebache has already submitted a cheeky bid of €15 million for the ace.
The Turks believe that €25 million is closer to what Spurs might sell at.
With the player’s contract expiring in 2026, perhaps the Turks thought it might not take too much to nudge a deal along.
Has the Turkish press lost the run of itself?
The Evening Standard, however, has now repaired their relationship with the Spurs press office, having moved on the writer Dan Kilpatrick, who called Ange Postecoglou ‘a clown’ in one of his last pieces for the paper.
A press officer told the paper told the Standard that Spurs weren’t interested in selling, and that in fact it was expected that a new deal was on the cards.
“Frank has been impressed by Bentancur since taking charge and sees him as an important player. It is hoped a new deal can be agreed.”
The one player that Spurs could do with shifting is Yves Bissouma, but we broke the news recently that the African was seeking a UK passport, and he’d be eligible for one in a year.
Unless this window appears meaningful in its support for Thomas Frank, then there will be some very challenging questions tossed in the direction of Johan Lange. Lange’s greatest achievement to date, appears to have been outlasting Scott Munn, 51, who is currently on gardening leave.