Tottenham Hotspur appear to have missed out on an absolute bargain this summer as an interesting claim has emerged earlier this month...
What's the word?
According to Peterborough United chairman Darragh MacAnthony on his podcast 'The Hard Truth', Spurs were one of several teams eyeing a move for prolific goalscorer Ivan Toney.
He said:
"David [Pleat] thought Ivan was a relatively cheap option to boost the Spurs squad what with all Harry Kane’s injury problems.
"Levy might have been worried Spurs fans would laugh at him for signing a League One player but, in any case, the pandemic ruined any chance of the move going ahead."
The 24-year-old, who failed to cut the mustard at Newcastle United, went onto sign for Championship promotion hopefuls Brentford for an initial £5m, though that could rise to £10m through add-ons, as per Sky Sports.
One that got away?
Indeed it seems the Spurs scout was onto something quite incredible with his suggestion to sign Toney on the cheap, he's fast become an absolute deadly force to be reckoned with in the English second-flight.
He's bagged a whopping 16 goals in just 19 starts, including a goal in six of his last seven outings, via Transfermarkt.
Whilst there was no chance he was usurping Harry Kane, he would have been an interesting candidate for the future, especially if you sent him out on loan to the Championship like the north Londoners have done with Troy Parrott.
Posh chief Barry Fry lambasted Celtic for not plotting a genuine bid to sign Toney in the summer, claiming he'd have been a "revelation" for the SPFL giants, whilst his former boss Steve Evans lauded the former Magpie as a "dream" to work with on the training pitch due to his "phenomenal" work rate.
Just imagine the sort of forward he could've become under the tutelage of someone like Kane, England's no.9 and captain.
The confident talisman even likened himself to both Wilfried Zaha and Zlatan Ibrahimovic in an interview with The Sun last month.
Levy may have ultimately made a ghastly blunder with this one. A bargain was staring him straight in the eyes.
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