Heungmin, I want to go to Tottenham Captain Manchester United shed tears at the failure of the transfer...Levi's belated regret
Dec 26, 2024
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Journalist Ian Laidiman said in the British daily `Daily Mail" on the 22nd (Korea time) that Fernandez shed tears at his then-team Sporting CP office after the final failure of Tottenham's transfer in 2019.
Tottenham and Sporting negotiated the signing of Fernandes, who was 'chewing' the Portuguese stage at the time, but failed to reach an agreement on transfer fees.
In conclusion, it was Tottenham who shed more tears. This is because Fernandez joined Manchester United, the same English club, for a transfer fee of £47 million through the winter transfer market six months later in January 2020.
Fernandes, Portugal's attacking midfielder, has played 258 games in the United jersey so far, scoring 85 goals and 76 assists. Fernandez, who is considered by far the best recruit since the Ferguson era, presented his team with two trophies.
According to Leideman, Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy could not hide his disappointment at not embracing Fernandes.
Tottenham also lost to Liverpool in January 2022 in a bid to sign winger Luis Díaz, who played for Porto. Díaz scored multiple goals in Tottenham's away game on the 23rd, inflicting a crushing 6-3 defeat on his home team Tottenham.
Tottenham, which missed Fernandez, invested in club records at the time and recruited Tanguy Ndombele (Nice). As is known, Ndombele remains one of the worst recruits in Tottenham's club history. If Tottenham had Fernandes, couldn't history be different? On January 1 next year, Tottenham's non-participation period will increase to its 17th year.
Leideman diagnosed that chairman Levy's continued recruitment miss caused Tottenham's sluggishness.
yoonjinman@sportschosun.com
