Batshuayi Wants Massive Wages to Seal Tottenham Move

Tottenham Hotspur’s number one target, Michy Batshuayi, could soon be a distant memory if reports are to be believed, that he wants a massive wage deal paying him as much as £100,000-per-week.

A player that has caught Mauricio Pochettino’s eyes recently since putting on a good showing with Olympique Marseille last season, Michy Batshuayi, could see his move to White Hart Lane collapse if he wants to earn a massive wage to join Tottenham.

According to the Mirror, Batshuayi is open to playing in the Premier League and join Tottenham so long as he is paid £100,000-per-week. Not only is that a lot for a 22-year-old striker, despite how good he is, but that won’t fit into Spurs’ wage book.

As it stands, if we use this brief table which has a few of Tottenham’s player salaries from this past season, even though it isn’t 100 percent correct — it’s just an estimation — the Belgian international would earn more than Hugo Lloris, Spurs’ best player, who is earning around £80,000. Even more than they’re number one striker in Harry Kane who gets paid £35,000.

Now your first response would be “Hold on, wait! Tottenham — just like the rest of the Premiership — will have plenty of money to spend.” And indeed, Spurs do, but that alone won’t be enough to convince themselves of going through with this move.

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Plenty of talk has been on the number one topic that Spurs shouldn’t be cheap now that they’ll be getting an increase in money to spend. Money ranging from Daniel Levy’s £150 million purse to buy players, qualifying for the Champions League and not to mention the new TV deal that is set to take effect next season.

All of this is to say that Tottenham, who are considered one of the big London clubs, never had the allure of Champions League or money to splurge with a chairman who is difficult to negotiate with.

But with a third place finish, Champions League football and an improved transfer committee that’s spearheaded by Mauricio Pochettino and head of recruitment, Paul Mitchell, Spurs should be more aggressive this summer.

Except they won’t. They will still stick to their transfer policy which has worked since Pochettino joined as manager in May 2014. Value signings and buying young players with an eye towards the future.

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Meaning, any player who will cost a lot of money from their transfer fee plus their wages, will most likely be rejected no matter how good they are or how much money Tottenham have.

How could Mauricio Pochettino, in good faith, reward his star striker who has produced back-to-back 20-plus goals by paying someone else more money if he’s just as talented?

Adrian Kajumba of the Mirror has revealed that Tottenham are in talks to pay Harry Kane a sizable amount of wages, one that could in fact reach £100,000-per-week.

Now, it makes sense to pay Kane that much after earning it the last two seasons as Spurs’ top goalscorer. But to pay the same amount for Michy Batshuayi who — while he deserves to get paid for his work with Marseille, hasn’t done much in a Tottenham shirt to begin with.

So what will Tottenham do now that Batshuayi’s transfer fee and wages are too high for them? For starters, Spurs must now make Vincent Janssen their number one priority if they haven’t already.

Talks are still ongoing it seems as no new information has developed since Tottenham were close to signing the Dutch international.

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And with Saido Berahino no longer on Spurs’ radar, other options to target could include Basel’s Breel Embolo and Fulham’s Moussa Dembélé to increase Pochettino’s thin strikeforce ahead of next season.

Individually, they won’t be anything like a Michy Batshuayi who could lead Tottenham’s attack by himself. But combined, rotating in and out, a Janssen/Embolo or Janssen/Dembélé combination with Harry Kane as an attacking midfielder would still be a fine attacking threat.