Wilmar Barrios to Tottenham rumours were started by The Sun at the weekend, with claims Mauricio Pochettino would be considering a £25m offer for the player.
‘Tottenham want Wilmar Barrios from Boca Juniors as Mauricio Pochettino prepares to make £25million summer bid’ explained The Sun.
The 24 year old Colombian players for Boca Juniors as a defensive midfielder, and the rumours were always likely to make their way to South America.
Colombia’s El Heraldo cover it, but don’t add a thing, ADN, also from the footballer’s country, cover it and say Barrios has had a ‘brilliant’ season, but again don’t add anything.
Over in Argentina, major daily newspaper Clarin has a feature on Boca Juniors players, talking up their values and how the club has made good investments and then developed those talents well.
Clarin believe it would be too much, way too much. Barrios has a release clause of around $15m, according to the newspaper, and that’d be just over £11m.
It’s not like Tottenham and Daniel Levy to pay more than twice what is needed for a player, so this is a curious one.
