Chadli's words are a plus and a minus

Nacer Chadli's recent comments that he doesn't want to leave Spurs reveals a problem have in the transfer market that some fans seen to forget or simply ignore.

Chadli's words are a plus and a minus


Tottenham Hotspur are basically the largest club they can play for outside the five teams with more money and one of those is currently below us. For a player we are either a stepping stone to a larger club or the biggest they can aspire to with a global audience.

“I was mentally stronger this year to come back after a disappointing first year at Tottenham. 
“I don’t want to leave a club like this. If ever I leave a club I want to leave it, as we say in French, par la grande porte, not by the back door.”

That means selling a player with time on his contract remaining is difficult, a player wants to play at the highest level he can and not have to take a step down. We pay a better wage than he is going to get at a Stoke or a Swansea so there is no incentive for him to accept a transfer, which he has to do if we are to sell him.

Pochettino then has to make comments like he has about Adebayor because he knows he is stuck with a player he doesn't really want but can't publicly tell the player that. Chadli is playing well and is a regular starter, why would he want to leave, what will happen when he is not a regular starter. Not wanting to leave when you are playing is great but will he feel the same way when the time comes he isn't wanted?