Huh.
Current Goss is that Vlahovic turned Tottenham down. He'd already been rumoured to only want a CL team.
One reading of that is that City, Kane, and Levy might actually have wanted this but not been able to make it work. And that it was mostly Levy's last minute approach to securing a replacement which seems to have backfired.
But like I said, I already heard some time ago that Vlahovic was stipulating CL as a requirement for his transfer. I think Levy wanted him, thought he could get him. I remember Tottenham's crazy manager search ending up at Gattuso, who promptly left Fiorentina, then 'turned down' Tottenham. God knows what lengths Levy and others went to to get Vlahovic to Spurs. But it looks dead. And so, therefore, is Kane.
Seriously tho. There's so much shenanigans going on in this transfer window. We know Mendes is big pals with our lot and of course Nuno/Spurs. He would surely have been involved in lining up Vlahovic as a replacement.
Now maybe he'll pull a rabbit out of the hat. In fact (crazy talk alert) maybe this was a contingency that he was happy with.
It gives Nuno a great chance at a big season with Spurs - and taking Ronaldo to City fucks about with PSG, Real and therefore, Raiola. Who so far have come out heavily on top this window.