Stambouli for Imbula
Benjamin Stambouli has not yet made his mark at Tottenham and while Mauricio Pochettino and the club will listen to offers there is no rush to dispense with his services.
Marseilles have made a loan offer which we have turned down, it has no benefit to us, if a deal can be completed that does benefit us then he may be allowed to leave. In my article on the 24-year-old yesterday (Mental adjustment seems all Stambouli needs) I wondered whether the fact he is away from his family for the first time has affected him.
He has the technical ability to shine in the Premier League but has only managed 469 minutes, equivalent to just 5.21 games in his first season.
French newspaper L'Equipe are suggesting that a move Tottenham feel will benefit them is being discussed. Marseilles coach Marcelo Bielsa wanted to sign Benjamin Stambouli last summer, feeling the Frenchman was ideal for his system, a system Mauricio Pochettino bases his on. If he is ideal for the Bielsa system he should be ideal for the Pochettino system.
L'Equipe claim that Stambouli and his advisors would move to his home town Marseilles but if not then the intention is to stay in the Premier League. That tells me that he is one of the players, as I said yesterday, that you listen to offers for but you are quite happy to keep if nothing favourable comes along.
The suggestion for a deal is that Tottenham sign 22-year-old former Guingamp midfielder Giannelli Imbula, who they say we are very interested in signing. Marseilles bought the defensive midfielder from their Lique 1 rivals for £6.80 million (US$10.36m - AUS$13.50m - €9.43m) in July 2013 and his contract runs out in 2018. He is a former target for Chelsea who tried to sign him before he joined Marseilles.
Stambouli was bought from Montpellier for £5.19 million (US$7.91m - AUS$10.30m - €7.20m) last summer and has a contract until 2019.
Marseille have imposed a wage cap which will see them lose out of contract players André Ayew, also wanted by Tottenham and 29-year-old striker André-Pierre Gignac. With clubs having to operate on revenue they generate Marseilles have to sell players to add to the £109 million (US$166.12m - AUS$216.52m - €151.51m) their 2014 accounts show, that puts them 23rd in Europe with 10 Premier League clubs earning more.
All that puts Tottenham in a good position to get a good deal for the highly regarded Imbula.
Marseilles have made a loan offer which we have turned down, it has no benefit to us, if a deal can be completed that does benefit us then he may be allowed to leave. In my article on the 24-year-old yesterday (Mental adjustment seems all Stambouli needs) I wondered whether the fact he is away from his family for the first time has affected him.
He has the technical ability to shine in the Premier League but has only managed 469 minutes, equivalent to just 5.21 games in his first season.
French newspaper L'Equipe are suggesting that a move Tottenham feel will benefit them is being discussed. Marseilles coach Marcelo Bielsa wanted to sign Benjamin Stambouli last summer, feeling the Frenchman was ideal for his system, a system Mauricio Pochettino bases his on. If he is ideal for the Bielsa system he should be ideal for the Pochettino system.
L'Equipe claim that Stambouli and his advisors would move to his home town Marseilles but if not then the intention is to stay in the Premier League. That tells me that he is one of the players, as I said yesterday, that you listen to offers for but you are quite happy to keep if nothing favourable comes along.
The suggestion for a deal is that Tottenham sign 22-year-old former Guingamp midfielder Giannelli Imbula, who they say we are very interested in signing. Marseilles bought the defensive midfielder from their Lique 1 rivals for £6.80 million (US$10.36m - AUS$13.50m - €9.43m) in July 2013 and his contract runs out in 2018. He is a former target for Chelsea who tried to sign him before he joined Marseilles.
Stambouli was bought from Montpellier for £5.19 million (US$7.91m - AUS$10.30m - €7.20m) last summer and has a contract until 2019.
Marseille have imposed a wage cap which will see them lose out of contract players André Ayew, also wanted by Tottenham and 29-year-old striker André-Pierre Gignac. With clubs having to operate on revenue they generate Marseilles have to sell players to add to the £109 million (US$166.12m - AUS$216.52m - €151.51m) their 2014 accounts show, that puts them 23rd in Europe with 10 Premier League clubs earning more.
All that puts Tottenham in a good position to get a good deal for the highly regarded Imbula.
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