Tottenham Hotspur have been negotiating with Barcelona for Clément Lenglet’s transfer for over a month but still haven’t managed to get the deal over the line so far.
The defender spent last season on loan at Spurs and their efforts to bring him back to the club were out to one side due to Harry Kane’s situation getting all the attention, according to Sport.
Kane is set to leave for Bayern Munich and his impending sale would allow Tottenham have more funds to make further additions to their squad. Although Lenglet’s signing hasn’t been conditional on those finances.
The centre-back is one of the areas they want to strengthen and that has been confirmed by Ange Postecoglou.
The report states negotiations between Tottenham and the La Liga side were ‘frozen’ due to their failure to agree a fee.
Barcelona have requested €15m while Spurs want a cheap deal. The outlet suggests that impasse could be overcome quickly.
Sport state Barca are ‘confident’ that Tottenham sign Lenglet once they’ve moved on from dealing with the England international’s sale. Whether that will be the case remains to be seen.
Read also: Alasdair Gold reveals Harry Kane’s transfer fee is even higher than reported
Alasdair Gold has revealed via Football.London that the fee Bayern Munich will pay for Harry Kane could rise to £120m if certain add-ons are met.
Following several hiccups, Kane’s move to Bayern is now finally expected to go through, with Fabrizio Romano taking to social media a few hours ago to give his ‘here we go’ seal of approval for the transfer.
Romano revealed that the total fee agreed between the two clubs is worth €120m (£103.7m) including add-ons.
The Times have also reported a similar figure, putting the fee at around £100m and adding that Tottenham will receive a significant portion of the fee upfront.
Gold has now become the latest journalist to state that Kane is ‘closing in’ on a move to the Bavarian giants.
However, he asserted that the transfer fee is even higher than the figures reported by other sources, claiming that Bayern will pay an initial £100m to Spurs and a further £20m down the line if some add-ons are met.
Getting a potential £120m for a player with one year left in his contract is fantastic business and one can argue that it makes up for the fact that the deal was pushed until late on.
