Who : El Pichichi Where : Total Tottenham When : 18/02/13
So.. I spoke to this close friend of mine (and Álvaro's) about last January's transfer window, and he told me that the following chronological events took place (some are already known):
- Chelsea made an enquiry for Negredo in December (and then opted for Ba);
- In early January Arsenal, Everton and Saudi Sportswashing Machine made enquiries (they were apparently told that nothing below €20M would be acceptable)
- Borussia Dortmund made an offer of reputedly €14M
- Tottenham opened talks, making an official enquiry, while at the same time first offering something like €12M
- Both Dortmund and Tottenham were told that, as the window was reaching its end, nothing below €25M would be acceptable
- On the final day of the window, Everton made an €11M bid (which was rapidly rejected)
- Also on the final day, Tottenham apparently made a final attempt, offering some sort of fee for a 6-month loan deal (also rejected)
- With the Russian transfer window still open, Lokomotiv Moscow apparently made an offer of €16M, last week
- Sevilla has rejected the bid, but with the russian window going on until the 27th of February, anything can still happen (however, Sevilla won't likely be willing to sell a player when they can no longer replace him..)
Meanwhile, Sevilla is in deeper and deeper financial problems, with reports of the players not having been paid last season's prize-money and the last couple of month's wages already confirmed by the President del Nido... Solutions to leave this crisis are being prepared though, he says...
