Home
Transfer Targets

Spurs won't pay £7m for Konoptyanka

1 min read
English newspaper, the Daily Mail, not known for producing reliable transfer stories, tell us that Tottenham are holding talks with former UEFA Europa League opponents Dnipro in an attempt to sign talented 25-year-old Ukrainian winger Yevhen Konoplyanka.

Spurs won't pay £7m for Konoptyanka


The Mail throw a price of £7 million ($10.60m - €9.17m) at the story but no side in their right mind would pay £7 million for what would amount to 3 months of football after a training period.

Konoplyanka is available for free in the summer so a pre-contract is the obvious answer or a £2 million ($3.03m - €2.82m) deal early. The paper suggest Liverpool failed with a £20 million ($30.29m - €26.20m) bid in the summer which is a little surprising since he has a widely reported £11.45 million ($17.34m - €15m) buyout clause!

We know this because the clubs sporting director, Andrey Stetsenko, has revealed it when discussing the player in the summer, the report is in the Guardian.

“Our scouts are working to find his replacement. Sooner or later Konoplyanka will leave Dnipro. We know that English, Spanish and German clubs are monitoring the situation and are interested in the player. But we have had no offers. His contract has a buyout clause worth €15m for foreign clubs. For Ukrainian clubs the buyout is more. 
“Konoplyanka spoke to me and said that if he did not have offers from foreign clubs in the future it would not be a problem. He would stay with us with pleasure and continue to play for Dnipro.”

We have tried to sign him before and I heard it was off the field issues that prevented us signing him rather than a lack of ability. Sell Lennon and obtain Konoptyanka for free sound like good business.



5 comments

  1. What about Chelsea paying £7m for Gary Cahill in January a couple years back?
    • They stopped us getting him because we wouldn't pay the money. If this player is any good loads of clubs will want him in the summer. You pay the money to gaurentee you get the player. Plus you give him 6 months to blend in and it gives the squad a lift
  2. I think signing Konoplyanka is a very cheap way to keep the fans on board but also could be crucial for spurs as the season goes on.

    Konoplyanka is devastating down the left, hes one of those players that is very hard to deal with.

    With Spurs playing inverted wingers and chadli being excellent on the left and lamela and townsend not yet really dominating on the right. Konoplyanka has the ability to come in and have a direct impact in that position or cover chadli's position.

    In the Ukraine games where Ive seen him and of course when we played Dinipro in the Europa League he looks like hes going to do something good everytime he has the ball.

    I still think we need to persist with Townsend and Lamela's progress but I think 7m is a steal in the hope that he settles...if he doesnt you wouldnt make much loss on 7m for a player of his talent...
  3. Karmolenko is better for similar money.
  4. Nothing is an even better steal and a pre-contract agreement guarantees you sign him so no need to pay £7m for the privilege. Cahill is homegrown and home grown layers come at inflated prices for that very reason.