Bournemouth are set for a large revenue and a membership document payment for Dominic Solanke after reviews they’ve agreed phrases on a sale to Tottenham – however are stated to be annoyed by the circumstances of the transfer.
The previous Chelsea and Liverpool striker had instructed Bournemouth earlier in the summertime that he could be focused on pursuing potential larger alternatives after 5 and a half more and more productive years on the membership.
Solanke arrived from Liverpool in January 2019 and has scored 77 occasions in 216 appearances, together with his 19-goal Premier League tally – one each different recreation for the ever-present striker – comfortably his greatest output within the prime flight.
VIDEO Why Signing Archie Grey Was A Masterstroke By Spurs
Bournemouth sad at timing of Dominic Solanke departure
Bournemouth supervisor Andoni Iraola is now a striker quick heading into the season (Picture credit score: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP through Getty Photographs)
Now coming into his prime years together with his twenty seventh birthday only a few weeks away, there was at all times an opportunity that Solanke would appeal to curiosity from one of many Premier League’s massive boys.
But when the Day by day Mirror are to be believed, Bournemouth are relatively disgruntled that Tottenham have waited till this near the beginning of the brand new season to make their transfer for Solanke.
They write that there’s ‘some frustration’ on the timing, simply as Bournemouth have been beginning to really feel genuinely optimistic that they may have the ability to maintain onto their star asset. We presume due to this fact that Bournemouth won’t themselves be looking out for any new signings of their very own regardless of Solanke’s departure, provided that it is so near the beginning of the season and would disrupt different groups’ plans for the brand new season and the whole lot.
Richarlison needs to remain put at Tottenham regardless of a proposal from Saudi Arabia (Picture credit score: Getty Photographs)
Intriguingly, the Mirror add that ‘Spurs have made their transfer in gentle of Richarlison’s choice to stay in north London regardless of a profitable strategy from the Saudi Professional League’.
Maybe we’re studying an excessive amount of into that, however it would possibly counsel that Tottenham have been ready to see precisely what sort of finances they’d have for his or her belated Harry Kane alternative a yr on from promoting him to Bayern Munich.
On the £55m plus £10m in add-ons that has been reported, Solanke could be Tottenham’s most costly ever signing, topping the £62.5m they paid for, erm, Tanguy Ndombele, and would crush Bournemouth’s document for a sale: the £40m they acquired from Manchester Metropolis for Nathan Ake.
Liverpool are in the meantime reportedly set to obtain a £10m lower from Bournemouth as a part of a sell-on clause agreed within the transfer that took Solanke away from Anfield.
Extra Tottenham tales
Harry Redknapp unique: ‘Daniel Levy by no means actually interfered at Spurs – nowadays managers are counting on a head of recruitment’s judgement. Nobody used to signal gamers for Sir Alex’
Spurs star tops 10 quickest gamers within the Premier League
FPL: 15 important Fantasy Premier League suggestions from outdated winners and consultants