Tottenham negotiations with Wolves progressing as expected

Tottenham’s opening £15 million bid for Adama Traore was rejected by Wolves, an expected development in the negotiation process. 

Wolves were never going to accept Tottenham’s initial lowball bid. They certainly expected it, but have no intentions of selling one of their prized assets for less than they bought him for. Purchased for £18 million in 2018 from Middlesbrough, Wolves won’t settle for anything shy of £20 million.

Most expect the Fosun Group Guo to accept a £20 million bid, though some think Spurs will have to guy as high as £22 million to get their man. There are some reports that suggest that Wolves want up to £25 million for the 25-year-old, though it’ likely they will accept a slightly lesser bid.

You can’t blame Tottenham for trying to lowball Wolves. That’s how these negotiations work. One team opens the bid, the other rejects. And so on and so forth. But rest assured, Tottenham will definitely come back with a second offer, probably around the £18-to-£20 million mark.

In the end, Daniel Levy will realize that his technique to try wear Wolves down will not work. Wolves know all too well how desperate Spurs are to sign a wingback (or winger-turned-into wingback in this case) and will hold out until they receive a bid close to the asking price.

£5 million pounds isn’t exactly a massive amount of dosh in the modern world of football. It is when the total amount is £20 million, but quibbling over such an amount seems slightly trivial. That’s probably just one of innumerable reasons I don’t own a football club.

But at least there’s tangible, concrete movement. After all the postulating, speculation and ho-hawing, there’s actual movement. Sure, it might be slow as a jumbo jet reversing from the gate onto the tarmac, but it’s a starting point.

And this jumbo jet is going to takeoff soon, so expect liftoff on Traore’s Tottenham career in the next week or so. Good thing Traroe, whose built like a jumbo jet, doesn’t take nearly as long to get to top speed.