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Victor Wanyama is waiting to discover if Club Brugge qualify for the Champions League group stages before completing a move to the club from Tottenham Hotspur, per The London Evening Standard.

What’s the word?

The two clubs are in talks over the Kenya international, with the Standard reporting that Spurs are keen to receive as much as £17m for him, while Brugge are prepared to pay around £8m.

The Belgian club won the first leg of their Champions League play-off against LASK Linz this week and hold a 1-0 lead ahead of the second leg, which comes next Wednesday.

The Standard reports that the former Southampton midfielder is waiting to discover if the club will be playing in the group stages of Europe’s premier club competition in 2019/20.

Wanyama has yet to play for Spurs this season and endured an injury-hit campaign in 2018/19, making just four starts in the Premier League.

Clever strategy

Wanyama deserves to be playing in the Champions League.

He played in the Camp Nou against Barcelona last season, while also featuring in both legs of the quarter-final against Manchester City and the semi-finals versus Ajax.

The 28-year-old is still young enough to make a significant impact in the competition and he would surely boost Brugge’s chances of making it into the knockout stages.

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However, if LASK Linz turn the tie around, Wanyama would be better off exploring alternative options.

He’s right to wait.

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