A statement to the stock exchange published on Spurs’ official site stipulates the figure at “a total consideration of up to £16.5 million”.
What makes me laugh is that we almost certainly bought him for “a total consideration of up to £16.5 million” and obviously not the full whack.
Ditto Bentley’s £17 million.
Why then is it being bandied about as £10m that we got for him now?
Answers on a postcard…
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