Selling Players Isn't Easy and Dele Update
That was based on detailed statistics and the assessment of the top doctor/scientist in South Korea responsible for finding a cure.
Based on that, it was pretty obvious there were going to be no fans in the stadium and huge loss of income for all clubs.
Some clubs gambled on fans being back by October and began transfer negotiations based on that premise, Manchester United over Jadon Sancho being a prime example.
The majority of clubs around Europe have taken a more prudent approach, Spurs included.
Chairmen in Italy have been publicly talking finances and stating that most business will probably be done in the final 2 weeks of the window.
Much as fans don't like it and pointlessly complain about it, clubs have to live within their means and financial viability plays a huge part in the market.
Every club is still asking big money for players and only want cash,buying clubs want loans with possible cash in the future and common ground has to be found.
The Government have now announced that the phased return of crowds to matches that was planned (Daniel Levy has been a part of those discussions) has been put on hold for the foreseeable future.
So just as I wrote in March we are unlikely to see fans in the stadium this year, thus the estimate the Tottenham board came up with of a £200 million (€217m - US$254m) drop in income is looking more and more sensible.
When it comes to moving players out and I'm talking deadwood and fringe players, it isn't simply a case of sell them.
Firstly there are there wages.
They are going to be moving to a smaller club who will want to pay less wages.
The player may not want to move to a smaller club, Danny Rose being a case in point, he thinks he should be at a big club but nobody wants him or his wages.
The player may wish to wait for as long as possible in a window to see if a big club comes in for them at the end of the window.
Buying clubs might only want loan deals with options to buy meaning they can just return the player after a season and the problem hasn't gone away, just been delayed for a year.
Buying clubs might want to wait to get a price lowered or to see if the can get other options first or to force a player to lower his wage demands.
There are a multitude of reasons why players aren't moved on so why do each clubs fans whinge and moan about their club overpricing players preventing a move?
Every club operates in the same way, take Arek Milik, he has 9 months left on his contract and Napoli at the beginning of the window were asking £45.97 million (€50m - US$58.57m) for him
Now they are talking half that amount so why would you buy him at the beginning of a window when you could buy another player with the difference in price?
You get a player for pre-season but you prevent yourself from bringing an another player, cut your nose to spite your face.
If a club decides to sell a player who is still under contract then that player is entitled to 75% of the remaining wages on his contract, he doesn't just leave for free.
So if you have a player on £100,000-a-week (€108,620 - US$127,250) and he has 3 years left on his contract, then on 1 July that would be £15.6 million (€16.95m - US$19.85m) that he is entitled to three quarters of.
That's £11.7 million (€12.71m - US$14.89m).
If the player decides to leave and hands in a transfer request then they are not entitled to any payment, although one may be negotiated but you see very few players handing in transfer requests do you.
Now if you have to pay a player £11.7 million or whatever lower figure you negotiate, hence always good to be on good terms with them, then you are going to want to recoup that cost in his sale.
Thus his sale price is £11.7 million + an additional profit figure so you have funds to replace him.
This is how you get what appear to be inflated prices, no always, but one reason and remember when you sign a replacement you may have to pay him a signing on fee (almost certainly) and then there are the agents fees for the sale and purchase on top of that.
Ideally, they have to be recovered too.
If a player doesn't want to leave there is little the club can do about it apart from try and force them out by not giving them a squad number and not naming them in your Premier League squad.
Then the player has a choice, do I stay and not play any football or do I reluctantly move and play football elsewhere.
Of course the football industry through agents know the attitude of players in this situation and that can act as a deterrent to buying said player as you wouldn't want the same thing to happen to your club.
If you want to sell a player but have only had loan offers then you might want yto delay his departure to see if a cash offer comes in or you might want him to cover a bust fixture schedule before you release him.
Alternatively, you might be involved in European qualification and want to see what competition you'll be in, like Benfica and Celtic (both lost Champions League qualification ties so now in the Europa League).
That affects your budget,both transfer and wages budgets.
You might therefore be forced to sell players or keep some of the fringe players you were going to sell and sell a bigger name on higher wages instead.
There are so many variables that selling isn't a simple, easy cut and dried affair.
Now I am constantly asked about Dele Alli so I'll give an update.
Like Tanguy Ndombélé, Dele Alli has had to sort out his attitude, his mentality.
I have written a lot about this and don't need to go over it again, but while José says it is 1% down to him and 99% down to the player I'd have to disagree.
The club, asI have shown for 7/8 years could do a lot more to help players and thus help the coach and club be successful.
Dele was substituted off at half-time against Everton and hasn't figured in the last two games, which he isn't happy about.
This nonsense from the media about players not being told why they haven't been picked is childish, these players are supposed to be grown men.
If you haven't been picked it is because you haven't shown enough in training, it is because you haven't shown enough when you have been selected, it is because poor performances you start to lose the trust of a coach, he needs to be able to rely on you or he'll look for another solution.
Dele has, by all accounts, started to react in a positive way, by that I mean he has been putting more effort in in training.
Has the presence of Gareth Bale had an effect?
Does Dele Alli want to be a part of a team involving Kane and Bale?
Has he realised he will get left behind if he doesn't start to perform, if he doesn't buck his ideas up?
Ndombélé, realising he couldn't engineer a move, has bucked down, changed his attitude and we are starting to see the results of his improved mentality.
From what I hear, Dele is going along the same lines at the moment and I wouldn't be at all surprised if he figures at some point in Macedonia.
Despite what you read from the press clowns José has never wanted Dele out of the club.
They seem to forget that his management style is confrontational, it's to challenge a player to step up to the mark and he is obviously careful with the players he does it with.
You first assess them mentally and select the player you have a good idea will respond in the right way.
Look at the situation with Giovani Lo Celso last season.
Mourinho wasn't picking him but the lad simply knuckled down and worked harder, didn't say a thing, didn't complain and when his chances came he took them.
He was brought on for a substitute appearance and did enough to show he could be trusted.
He was on the bench against West Ham on 23rd November, then played 2 minutes vs Bournemouth and 5 minutes vs Manchester United before another 3 games on the bench.
Then he started to get chances.
Premier League games
Brighton 34 minutes
Norwich 74 minutes
Southampton 65 minutes
Liverpool 21 minutes
Watford 80 minutes
Norwich and Manchester City started and played the full games.
He came on and impressed and continued to impress to force his way into the side, something Mourinho praised him for in a press conference when talking about Ndombélé's attitude and how a player should react.
He is expecting to see the same thing from Dele Alli.
The difference is Giovani wasn't aired in public, there were not the same questions, but Dele has been publicly challenged.
I'm looking forward to seeing a positive reaction.
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