New Tottenham boss Andre Villas-Boas is continuing to make matters difficult for his Liverpool counterpart Brendan Rodgers, by snatching players from his shopping list this summer. After his successful coup in landing Icelandic international Glyfi Sigurdsson, Villas-Boas has now set his sights of Great Britain and Welsh midfielder Joe Allen, who was also under Rodgers’ tutelage at Swansea last season.
With Swansea Chairman Huw Jenkins far from happy with Liverpool’s attempts at stealing his star player, despite their being a clause in Rodgers’ contract preventing him from poaching from his former club for a year, it is being reported that Jenkins may opt to make a marginal loss on the sale, but offload Allen to Tottenham Hotspur instead on a matter of principle.
The Daily Star reports that Allen has a buy-out clause in his contract which would permit the club to sell him for £10 million to any club other than the top 5 clubs in the land – a category which according to the player’s contract Tottenham doesn’t quite fall into. The fee for the ‘top 5′ which reportedly includes Liverpool would be 50% higher.
Spurs are expected to launch a bid when they return from their pre-season tour of the United States.
Liverpool – top five – ROFL
Swansea are not daft! They’re not going to take a £2.5m drop ti get at Liverpool. Spurs will have to stump up the full amount just to be in the race.
Allen wants to go to Liverpool unlike the money grabber!
I’m sure that Joe Allen will have a say where he plays his football!
Just goes to show that Spurs dont know what the hell they are doing! Their transfer policy is to watch what everyone else is doing and try to hijack it by offering silly wages! Great business plan!!
I think we are starting to see the demise of Tottenham (once again) before they’ve really accomplished anything!!
JUST HOW GOOD IS THIS ONE SEASON FLASH IN THE PAN IS HE ANOTHER ANDY CARROL WHO COULD NOT KICK BACK DOORS FOR THE BIN MEN .
If lfc feels lyk letting spurs get Allen again from off their palms then so be it. But its a shame that’s wat I feel.
2 b honest i dont know how true it is that liverpool r actually after allen as the only 2 midfielders we r looking at getting rid of is spearing and adam that still leaves us cole,gerrard,aquilani,henderson,lucas,shelvey,fighting 4 cm places so i dont think there is ant truth in it i know liver r after either sturridge or walcott think thats the only transfer we will see
watching him play for GB, I am wondering why we need him at Liverpool, he plays the same position as Lucas and Lucas is a far superior player in the position