Of course, Friday’s Portuguese sport media is full of Bruno Fernandes to Tottenham stories.
Thursday saw reliable claims that Spurs had sent officials to Lisbon to try and agree a deal for the Sporting player. In the evening it was reported Spurs’ latest offer wasn’t close enough to the €70m asking price, and further meetings were suggested.
Friday’s edition of Record has Bruno and Jorge Mendes splashed all over the front page.
The headline inside says Tottenham ‘don’t give up’, and it explains they’re making a ‘strong attack’ for the player.
Record have some real detail and explain one of the two officials Spurs sent to Lisbon was Matthew Collecott, operations and finance director. They’re not going to be plucking that from thin air.
After an initial offer of €45m had been laughed off, Tottenham are said to have returned with €60m, which was refused as Sporting want a minimum of €70m.
Two hours into the meeting, Collecott is said to have called talks off, but it’s thought further meetings can be held in the coming days.
As for Mendes, he’s said to be helping Miguel Pinho, Bruno’s agent, with the deal.
Given it’s August 2nd, and Pinho hasn’t yet come up with a move for a 24 year old midfielder who scored 32 goals and made 18 assists last season, he probably needs all the help he can get.
