Ayoze Perez story looks like invention

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It is very rare that Tottenham buy a player and allow a sell-on clause in the contract and with interest in Michy Batshuayi, Vimcent Janssen and Antonio Sanabria, reports suggesting we are leading the race for Newcastle United striker Ayoze Perez are undoubtedly rubbish.

it sounds like pure guesswork from someone who doesn't know much about Tottenham and if the article I read is right it originates from a staff writer at HITC, which tells us all we need to know.

Rafa Benitex wants £10-million or mre and a percentage of his sell-on fee, a deal which isn't one we will entertain. There is little point developing a player if you are then going to pay someone else for the privilege of doing so. If we develop a player we want the maximum income from it, that's just sensible business practice.

We have had an interest in the 22-year-old (23 in July) Spaniard before and would only be returning to him if our other efforts fall through, the feeling is they won't. This can be filed as pure conjecture at the moment, given there isn't a thread of evidence or reasoning given for suggesting Tottenham lead the race. How exactly?

If we are leading the chase for someone who is at best fourth choice is not lower, then there isn't much of a race is there!

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