BrainOfLevy
Michael Carrick
I KNOW that I may be grasping at straws here, but I remember reading before that he had passed up opportunities, when he was at Ajax, to go to city and chelsea because he understood be would get lost in the shuffle there. So I don’t think he will base his decision on money alone. Spurs need to pay him in line with what he worth and convince him that this is the best spot for him as a footballer.
The tough thing is if Barca have a first 11 spot then we aren’t any longer the best place for him necessarily. He’d get more money and more chance of trophies at one of the only clubs in the world on a tier above us. If they move for him, we would have served him amazingly well in his development and his progress would be a great advertisement for the next great young players in Europe to come here, but I think the only current top player we have who we can expect to turn down Barca / Madrid is Kane.
I imagine the contract negotiation is around a minimum fee or some such thing to allow him to move if Barca come in for him.