£17.06m for Bentaleb

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German paper Bild report that Nabil Bentaleb to Schalke is a done deal, that he is a Schalke player.

Algerian Bentaleb, according to separate pieces of inside information  of various Spurs forums, confirms that while Pochettino and Bentaleb didn't fall out, it was because of Bentaleb's attitude that he is leaving.

He upset everyone over his wage negotiations, which too an eternity because he was demanding a high wage. That tell you all you need to know about his opinion of his own worth. With injury and the emergence of Dier, plus the improvement in Dembele, Bentaleb couldn't get game time.

He has trained hard to try and convince Pochettino but it hasn't worked and he then delivered his ultimatum, play me or I look elsewhere.As Pochettino has said himself, he f told him he can leave. There can only be one boss.

Schalke are said to have signed him on a season-long loan with a buy option of £17.06-million (€20m - AUS$29579m - US$22.56m) after he passed his medical yesterday, the deal is expected to be announced today. The fee is a far cry from the guesstimates our press were giving and it also goes to show that the part payment for Moussa Sissoko story from the Mirror, was, as reported, newspaper invention

He'll form a new defensive midfield with former Tottenham midfielder Benjamin Stambouli, who was been told by the new PSG coach to find another club.

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