The Tottenham transfer problem that Daniel Levy must find a solution to for Ange Postecoglou
What do buying or loaning clubs do when they see a Premier League side desperate to cut their squad numbers? They wait.
There's a certain irony to that Premier League club being Tottenham Hotspur as well because it is a tactic the north London side's chairman Daniel Levy is well known for, sitting it out until the later stages of a transfer window for certain targets, either knowing that the player only wants to join them and nobody else or that the selling club will become nervous and drop the price.
It's a strategy that comes with risks, most notably when Spurs messed up their move to sign Jack Grealish from Aston Villa for Mauricio Pochettino in 2018, the Midlands side suddenly getting a fresh injection of investment and no longer needing to sell the midfielder who has now won it all with Manchester City after his £100m move to join Pep Guardiola's side.
It is something Tottenham have moved away from in recent years with more bigger moves done earlier in the summer windows. However, they are now being looked as a club to use their own old tactic upon.
Clubs are eying up Spurs right now and seeing the same old problems and the same players sat there unlikely to play under yet another manager. Clubs on the continent are circling various squad members but they are waiting to pounce at the point when they can get the best possible deal.
The need for that is mostly due to the financial power difference between the countries and the disparity between Premier League wages and those handed out across Europe. It's what makes loan moves with a portion of the salary paid so frequent from Premier League sides to those on the continent. The other solution is the English side paying off a remaining chunk of the player's contract in
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