FC Barcelona has granted an individual permit to Clement Lenglet until the next 18th with the French centre-back aiming to restore his future. The 28-year-old defender, who has a valid contract as a Barça player until 2026, is the name on the list of central defenders closest to leaving the club after the departure of Samuel Umtiti with a freedom card . In the case of Lenglet, the situation is different because Barça wants to transfer the footballer to earn money, although the problem is that no convincing offer has come so far. All indications point to Tottenham as his future destination, after Lenglet played on loan at ‘Spurs’ last season. The point is that what the London club is willing to pay so far for Lenglet is less than what Barça wants to collect. Tottenham renegotiate Lenglet’s price as current summer market data puts him as world investment ‘runner-up’ carried out so far with new reinforcements.
Only PSG, after closing the signing of Lucas Hernández at Bayern, surpassed him in the virtual classification of expenditure, with 155.5 million euros invested. Tottenham have already put 136.3 million euros on the table, ahead of Real Madrid’s 128.5 and Liverpool’s 112. Israeli striker Manor Solomon, who has already passed medical examinations before becoming Tottenham’s fifth signing of the summer, is the only one to arrive at the London club on a free transfer, having arrived with a release clause from Shakhtar Donetsk, where he has been a member since 2018.
James Maddison (46.3 million paid to Leicester), Pedro Porro (loan on own transfer, 40 to Sporting de Portugal), Dejan Kulusevski (loan on own transfer, 30 million to Juventus) and Guglielmo Vicario (20 to Empoli) They show that Tottenham’s wallet is full.
‘Spurs’ are investigating the signing of Vlahovic
Furthermore, in England there is already talk that, pending what may happen to their scorer Harry Kane, in the crosshairs of Bayern and PSG, Tottenham have set their sights on Serbian Dusan Vlahovic, Juventus forward with high cachet.
Lenglet was at FC Barcelona’s Ciutat Esportiva on Monday morning to undergo pre-season medical tests. In the afternoon he was excused from appearing for Barça’s first training session. Until the 18th he has time to sort out his future, because on the 19th, if he hasn’t resolved it, he could be part of the Barça expedition that will tour the United States. From what happened, Barça began to demand around 15 million euros to sell Lenglet, a figure that Tottenham, second in the world in terms of transfer investment, did not want to pay.
Tottenham, at Gamper
Finally, there is another significant element that shows that, at least, Barça and Tottenham are in contact. The London club will finally rival the Barça team in the current edition of the Joan Gamper Trophy on August 9 at the Olympic Stadium in Montjuïc, when Lazio from Roma disappeared from the line-up at the last minute.
Source: La Verdad
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