Tottenham Hotspur are looking to offload a number of players this summer, but one peripheral figure could prove to be rather difficult
to offload.
Tottenham have many players they need to offload
After spending the last two seasons out on loan away from Spurs, it seems almost certain that Sergio Reguilon has no future at the club.
According to the latest from The Athletic, Reguilon will be too expensive for former club, Brentford, to sign permanently, and he does not exactly have other clubs queuing up to sign him, either.
Despite a “productive” loan spell with the Bees in the latter half of last season, Brentford “cannot afford to sign him on a permanent basis,” with his high wages likely the problem there.
Meanwhile, Spurs have found only ‘limited interest’ in the Spaniard from other clubs so far this summer.
Word on Reguilon has been fairly quiet so far this summer. Over a month ago, Spurs insider, Paul O’Keefe named the left-back as one of the players the club would be looking to sell.
Sergio Reguilon is short of options this summer
Alasdair Gold had previously revealed that Tottenham would be open to letting Reguilon go for a reasonable fee, especially given he is entering the final year of his contract.
The 27-year-old spent the first half of last season on loan with Manchester United, before joining Brentford in January.
He made 28 appearances across the campaign between the two clubs, registering four assists in the Premier League (Transfermarkt).
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There is still plenty of time left to find a move for Reguilon, so we shouldn’t be too concerned yet. If it comes down to it, we may have to supplement his wages at a new club to make sure a transfer happens.
We cannot keep him at the club, that’s for sure, but I guess even another loan spell would be adequate for the next year and then we’ll have to let Reguilon go for free next summer. Not ideal, but that may be the only answer.
Gary Neville has theory on why Harry Kane is struggling at Euro 2024 that no one else has suggested
Former Manchester United defender Gary Neville has come up with a theory on why Harry Kane has so far struggled at Euro 2024.
During the 23/24 domestic season, England captain Kane enjoyed a stellar first season as a Bayern Munich player on a personal level.
The striker managed to score 44 goals and assist 12 in 45 appearances for the Bavarian club. However, Kane’s goals counted for little as Bayern lost the Bundesliga to Bayer Leverkusen.
Representing England at Euro 2024, Kane has only managed to score twice, against Denmark and Slovakia.
Kane was substituted during England’s quarter-final clash against Switzerland in the 109th minute, replaced by Ivan Toney.
Speaking about Kane ahead of England’s semi-final against the Netherlands, Neville said on The Overlap Newsletter: “We can talk about Harry Kane but it’s a waste of time. We know full well it’s just words. Gareth is never going to leave him out. I’m not sure I would either. It would take a very brave coach to do so.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if after the tournament, we discover that he’s been playing with injections. He’s not moving fluently. He’s not the usual Harry Kane. We’ve seen it before in tournaments, where the captain, the leader, the biggest personality, the player you look to, isn’t at the top of his form.”
He added: “Wayne Rooney was like that in 2016, David Beckham in 2006. There’s a tension and dilemma between playing the guy who is clearly the No.1 player but the performance levels aren’t quite there.
Maybe Gareth has got to a place where he’s happy to substitute Harry now and bring someone on to change it up. But Harry is going to start against the Netherlands. England won’t go onto the pitch without him.”
Meanwhile, former Three Lions striker Ian Wright said on Stick to Football: The Overlap Special, brought to you by Sky Bet: “When you look at the way that Harry Kane has played in the tournament up until this point, you can’t not watch him and say there’s something not right with him.
He’s not sharp, he’s not in the box – and now we know Ivan Toney can go to that level and take a penalty. We need somebody who is going to be up there, linking and holding and causing problems for their defenders.
At some stage, we’re going to need to make that decision about what’s going on – we can’t just wait for that Harry Kane finish, at some stage we might run out of time in that respect.”
Roy Keane leaves Gary Neville and Ian Wright in stitches after latest ruthless comment to Jill Scott
Tennis was a big topic of conversation on the latest episode of The Overlap.
Gary Neville and Ian Wright were left in stitches after Roy Keane teased Jill Scott about becoming Sunderland’s under-13 tennis champion.
All four pundits are currently out in Germany for this summer’s European Championship as Gareth Southgate and his England side try and lift their first piece of silverware since 1966.
Neville, Wright and Keane are working for free-to-air public broadcaster ITV, while former England international Scott is a regular on The Overlap.
On this week’s episode of the popular show, one of the big talking points was three-time Grand Slam winner Andy Murray and his final game at Wimbledon
