Fenerbache pay the price for not buying Janssen
Fenerbache pay the price for not buying Janssen
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| Should Fenerbache have bought Vincent Janssen? |
Turkish side Fenerbache have paid the price for dithering and not paying the price Daniel Levy was asking for striker Vincent Janssen.
The Dutch 24-year-old (25 next June) seemed to be in talks of a permanent move or a loan move to Turkey all summer and with Fenerbache playing a UEFA Champions League Third Round Qualifier on 7th and 14th August, they needed a striker.
Former Spurs striker Roberto Soldado was injured and Janssen was there last season so knew their style of play. They wanted him to return but a deal could not be reached for whatever reason.
It could be we asked more than they were prepared to pay, but if we believe the majority of the media reports, the Turkish side wanted him on loan for another year, which, to be frank, isn't much use to Sours.
Media reports suggested we wanted a guaranteed buy option at the end of any loan deal, Fenerbache would only so far as to agree to an option to buy, which means they could simply return the player to us at the end of his loan spell.
Again, that isn't really much good to us as we need the income from his sale to help fund future purchases. It helps the instalment balance.
As explained in an earlier article the instalment income we get from player sales affects our transfer budget in future windows for up to 5 years. Getting the best prices is essential, especially when we have an expensive stadium to pay for.
Fenerbache played fellow Turkish side Benfica over two legs and lost on aggregate 2-1. They lost the away leg 1-0 and then could only draw the home leg 1-1 on Tuesday.
That has financial implications and I would think a sale of Janssen to them highly unlikely now.
Celtic went out but there are some interesting looking ties and Spurs could be drawn against one of these teams.
Plenty of European names from the past who would automatically have been in the knockout draw before the competition was renamed and reformated to guarantee big teams European competition to prevent them forming their own breakaway league.
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