With only 3 days left until the 2022 winter transfer window closes, Tottenham, which has been active, remains unsatisfied. Conte also hopes to harvest strong reinforcements in the winter window and add new chips to the battle for 4. But their experience is embarrassing, because they have encountered 3 consecutive rejections.
The first is Colombian winger Luis Díaz, who currently plays for Porto. In order to get the hot wing attacker, Spurs watched for months and offered 45 million+ prizes, with a total price of up to 60 million euros. But with Liverpool's involvement, Tottenham's hopes began to diminish rapidly. According to Sky Sports reporter Paul Gilmour, Luis Díaz prefers Liverpool to Tottenham, and the player's willingness plays a decisive role in the deal.
Multiple sources have confirmed that Liverpool have beaten Tottenham hotspur in this scramble and their offer has met Porto's requirements. Subsequently, Liverpool's representative team is expected to travel to Argentina this weekend to undergo a medical examination for Luis Díaz, a deal expected to be officially announced before the winter window closes.
The second is Adama Traore. After the winter window opened, Spurs actively operated the Wolves winger's deal and at one point came close to agreement. According to Romano, Spurs have negotiated a personal agreement with Traore for a salary of up to £120,000. The London Evening Flag newspaper said that Traore will be conte's first signing after joining Spurs, and Spurs' medical team has also begun to prepare for Traore's medical examination. As you can see from tottenham's performances, they are very confident in signing this powerful winger, but the turn has come!
With Barca's involvement, Traore postponed his decision to join Tottenham, and he was waiting for a call from his old club. Finally, Barca negotiated a deal with Wolves, a loan + non-mandatory buyout, which is fundamentally different from Tottenham's £22.75 million buyout. But the players' willingness once again determined the direction of the trade, with Traore seeing a return to Barca as a dream come true. After joining Barca, in the remaining seasons, he got a salary of only 350,000 euros, less than a month's income at Tottenham, this is true love, this is the charm of the giants.
Rejected twice in a row, Conte was already utterly outraged. Remember that Traore was the player he named and asked to bring in, and for this reason he put pressure on the Top of Tottenham Hotspur. Luis Díaz was also close to success, and was eventually overtaken by Liverpool due to the leak of information. If Spurs had withdrawn from the winter window empty-handed, we could have made up for Conte's angry roar.
And this is not the last rejection of Tottenham Hotspur's winter window, according to the Manchester Evening News, Manchester United's veteran Herrera also refused to transfer to Tottenham. The Paris midfielder said he would only play for Manchester United if he returned to the Premier League, a statement that directly snuffed out the idea of a trade for Spurs in the cradle stage.
This winter window, Conte wants at least 3 players, in addition to the number one target Traore, he also wants a midfielder and a striker, which corresponds to Herrera and Luis Díaz. The Tottenham hotspur executives can not be said to be hardworking, but they have been poured cold water again and again, which is directly related to the attractiveness of the team.
The reason for Luis Díaz's choice of Liverpool is obvious, with Klopp having the chance to compete for the title, having the Champions League to play in, and whether Tottenham Hotspur can get the top 4 this season is still in suspense. And Traore would rather take a big pay cut than return to Barca, which is purely a personal reason. He is from the La Masia Academy, and over the past few years we have seen that the call of the La Masia teenagers to Barcelona is irresistible, preferring to pay out of their own pockets, and a salary cut is nothing at all.
Herrera has also been frequently involved in transfer rumors recently, and there are Juve at home under the scandal. On the one hand, he really doesn't want to be against Manchester United; on the other hand, if he has to leave Paris, he will wait until the summer. Because the choice was broader at that time, there was no need to make a choice in the winter window.