Now that the clause in Toby Alderweireld’s contract has expired, Tottenham can ask as much as they want for the Belgian defender.
Available for €28m up until July 25th, the centre-back was never given the choice of leaving Spurs because no one offered the amount required.
AS Roma tried their best to convince Tottenham to let the 30-year-old go for less, to no avail, and now Daniel Levy has full power over the transfer price.
Gazzetta dello Sport briefly mention the situation on Monday, and claim the Serie A side are ‘waiting’ for the Premier League club to ‘lower their demands’.
Yes, you read that correctly. They seem to think Spurs could let Alderweireld go for less than his release clause after his release clause expired.
We’re not sure if they’re entirely delusional or it’s just blind hope, but we somehow can’t see that happening.
Corriere dello Sport do mention the word ‘hope’, followed by ‘but Tottenham aren’t prepared to do discounts’, and Il Tempo do wonder if their stance will be the same in just over a week’s time when the Premier League transfer window is about to close.
Our guess is yes, it will be, but hey, what do we know?
