Tottenham Hotspur have already signed two players to boost their defense this summer transfer window, but they are still without a single midfield signing thus far. There are at least a handful of credible option that Spurs could sign, but fans are quickly realizing that they are going to be too difficult to afford.
Crystal Palace star Adam Wharton and Nottingham Forest's Morgan Gibbs-White are probably the two biggest dream options within the Premier League, but they will each cost a ton of money, if they are even up for sale to Spurs at all.
So many Tottenham fans viewed Liverpool's Curtis Jones, Middlesborough's Hayden Hackney, Manchester CIty's Nico Gonzalez, and Bournemouth's Alex Scott as a more affordable quartet that could come in and immediately play a key role in a Totteham midfield that still requires significantly more quality for Roberto De Zerbi to work with.
Alex Scott is about to be off the table for Tottenham
Scott had a breakout season for Bournemouth, who qualified for European football under Andoni Iraola, and given he is a diehard Spurs fan from birth, he was widely viewed as an easy upgrade Tottenham could make this summer.
Unfortunately, Bournemouth are dead set on signing him to a new contract, and now The Athletic reports that the Cherries are keen on signing the young center midfielder to a deal that includes a 75 million pound release clause for the player.
A price point that high takes Tottenham Hotspur out of the equation. Now, they could afford to sign Alex Scott for that much money, but since Morgan GIbbs-White and other better players will not cost too much more than that, it would make little sense to pay 75 million pounds for a player with Scott's skill set when they could just stick with Lucas Bergvall and pay him more - and then sign more of a playmaker profile to compete for Rodrigo Bentancur's minutes.
Plus, if Scott costs 75 million pounds, it's hard to justify then turning down Joao Palhinha for a third of the price, even if Scott is a handful of years younger. Scott is a very good footballer and fully COYS, but he also isn't world class and probably will never be a true world class midfielder. So Tottenham spending nearly 80 million pounds on the player simply would not make sense, especially when they need to spend that kind of money on new forwards who can actually score the goals for Spurs.
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