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Andre Gomes was repeatedly linked to Tottenham Hotspur throughout the summer transfer window, with the English media helping to give their Spanish colleagues some encouragement.

Looking for a way Barcelona could get Gomes off their books, Tottenham was picked as a reasonable enough destination and they were linked far more than any other Premier League club. English newspapers snapped up the story and ran with it, and the whole thing seemed to snowball more than it probably should have.

An offer arrived at Barcelona from an ‘unnamed Premier League club’ at the start of the summer, claimed as €45m, and that never really seemed believable given that such a fee is so attractive.

Tottenham were then picked out as the club, and Friday’s edition of Sport returns to claims of an offer from an unnamed Premier League club.

Spurs aren’t mentioned, which is frankly odd given how much Sport and others pushed their supposed interest all summer, and even after the window closed, so the hint would surely be the approach was from them.

At the end of the window, AS even claimed Tottenham also made a loan approach, willing to accept playing time clauses to help Mauricio Pochettino get his man.

Tottenham travelling to Spain to face Real Madrid recently was another excuse to link the club to the Portugal international.

The only other clubs repeatedly linked in recent years have been Juventus, who get a mention, and Manchester United, who do not. Perhaps by clinging to the unnamed claim, the Spanish media know a club can’t deny it.

A January transfer for Gomes is already being floated, and it’s clear Barcelona want to offload the former Valencia player. Given the failure of his Camp Nou move, he’d be fortunate if the Tottenham interest has ever really existed.