There is no question that Daniel Levy has already cost Tottenham Hotspur dearly in this year's transfer window. His decision - or, more appropriately, indecision - on Ange Postecoglou has set the team back massively with targets, as key names like Rayan Cherki are already well on their way to sealing their futures without so much as an approach from the boys in N17.
Tottenham kept Postecoglou in limbo for weeks, and as players grew more confident that Big Ange would stay due to the radio silence from the club and the fact that they had just won the Europa League for the first time in 41 freaking years, Levy pulled the rug out from under everyone on a Friday night with the announcement that Big Ange would indeed be gone.
Before Postecoglou's dismissal, Tottenham quietly were dealt a blow on the transfer market. Though it seemed like Spurs were closing in on Lille center midfielder and potential England national team player Angel Gomes on a free agent deal as the clear favorites to make the move, Gomes is set to choose otherwise.
According to a report from Paul Joyce of The Times, Gomes won't be leaving Ligue 1, as he has already made his decision to sign with Marseille ahead of the 2025/26 season, taking away one of the best free agents on the market.
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Now, most Spurs fans won't be shedding any tears for losing out on Gomes, who made just 10 starts in Ligue 1 last season and was actually pretty poor. He wouldn't have materially helped Tottenham anyway, as he would have been a backup player at best.
But Gomes wouldn't have been expensive. He has Champions League experience, he's made four appearances for the England national team in the past, and he had a darn good 2023/24 season for Lille with eight assists to help them get to the Champions League in the first place.
Above all else, if Tottenham wanted him, he would have been free and very easy to sign. Spurs lost out on a decent player at a low price who could have helped them initially bridge the gap in the Champions League.
But he was also probably a Postecoglou pick, and without Postecoglou to beat over Levy's head that the club need experienced players to win now in the Champions League, Gomes was off the table. Or perhaps he got scared and wanted to join a different club, though it says something if a player thinks Marseille is a more stable or desirable situation than Europa League champions Tottenham Hotspur of the Premier League in the city of London.
Losing out on Gomes isn't the big deal. It's the fact that Tottenham aren't signing anybody and are losing out on easy-to-sign targets to clubs in Ligue 1 that aren't even in the title picture that speaks volumes to the issues Levy is causing behind the scenes.