Tottenham to pay club-record fee to land Adam Wharton signing as transfer talks underway
Tottenham will have to splash the cash if they are to sign Adam Wharton anytime soon.
Thomas Frank is the one taking the flak for Tottenham’s failure this season, and while a lot of that is warranted, there are several areas in which the finger needs to be pointed, and recruitment is one of them.
Very few of the arrivals in North London over the last 12 months have taken Spurs forward, despite Tottenham having been linked with several players who would undoubtedly help them achieve that.
One of those linked with a move to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is Wharton, but for that link to become a reality, it may require a significant influx of cash.
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Most of Tottenham’s struggles have come in the attacking third, though Dominic Solanke’s return to fitness may aid that.
Their next biggest issue concerns their midfield options.
With the likes of Pape Sarr, Conor Gallagher, and Yves Bissouma, Spurs have some solid options in that area of the squad, but all of them lack that progressive style of play, which has an effect.
Wharton would change that, but a report from Fichajes states that it would take a fee in the region of £82million to prize him away from Selhurst Park, which would surpass the club-record fee that saw Xavi Simons move in the summer.
The report adds that Real Madrid, Liverpool, and Manchester United have already begun preliminary talks to sign the 21-year-old midfielder.
Tottenham have often shown an unwillingness to spend the big bucks on a single player, but that is what will be needed if Wharton is to arrive in the summer.
The Lewis family must do something that Daniel Levy rarely did
Daniel Levy was often criticised for his lack of ambition at Tottenham, and from a recruitment perspective, it was warranted.
Many of the signings made throughout his tenure in North London were stop-gaps at best, while the other members of the big six were making additions that transformed not only their starting 11, but their entire squad.
If Spurs are to return to their status as a consistent Champions League contender, then that has to change starting in the summer.
And that will be on the Lewis family.