Lazio ask for Bentaleb loan

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Mauricio Pochettino told the press in Australia that nabil bentaleb was not in his plans for the coming season and that the player knew that. He was left out of the squad for the Melbourne games and for the Inter Milan thrashing in Oslo.

The Algerian has been given a squad number for this season as he is still at the club, his old number 42. As reported earlier the only offers being received are loan offers. he has a contract until 2020, wages may well be an issue for European clubs on top of a transfer fee. That limits his options and staying in the Premier League may be his only option.

As the window closes clubs are bound to try a loan deal or to get him cheaply. We will then see how desperate we are to sell him or have him playing elsewhere for the coming season.

Wolves have enquired about a loan move, not much chance of him going to the Championship but if you don't ask you don't get. He has been the subject of another recent loan offer, this time from Lazio but Tottenham again turned the request down reports an Algerian journalist.

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