Never mind, found the story.
Toby Alderweireld has insisted on the inclusion of a release clause if he is to sign a new deal at Tottenham Hotspur.
The Belgium defender, 28, has twice rejected a new contract and his representative has had no recent talks with the club, amid interest in him from Manchester City, who are also keen on Kyle Walker and Danny Rose, his Spurs team-mates.
Tottenham have the option to extend Alderweireld’s deal by a further season beyond 2019, but should they do so, he has the right to insert a €30 million (£25.3 million) release clause that can be activated from that year. Tottenham have so far rejected his demands for such a clause, resulting in a contract dispute with one of their most important players over the past two seasons.
Alderweireld earns about £53,000 a week and knows that he could at least double that wage by leaving.
Despite the impasse, Mauricio Pochettino has maintained that he is not worried about interest in his centre back from the likes of City and Inter Milan. However, the Tottenham manager faces a fight to keep Walker, who has questioned his future and is leaning towards leaving the club.
The right back was disappointed at being dropped for the FA Cup semi- final against Chelsea last month and the north London derby with Woolwich on Sunday. He has been courted by City, who could double his £70,000-a-week wages, while Manchester United may also be interested in him. Walker, who plans to talk to Pochettino at the end of the season, is frustrated that the likes of Leicester City have paid £100,000 a week to several of their players while Tottenham have kept a tight wage structure, in part, because of the financial demands of their new stadium.
Pochettino has privately questioned whether Walker can play two matches in a week. He made a point of dropping Walker for Kieran Trippier against Woolwich to show that the team could win without him. Tottenham’s scouts have been told to search for full backs — with Rose, the England left back, also linked with City — in addition to them finding a back-up striker for Harry Kane.
The England striker has scored 21 league goals to maintain the club’s title challenge and they could close to within a point of Chelsea if they beat West Ham United on Friday.
“It is good to play first and try to put that pressure on,” Kane said.
“We have had a better season than last year and again whatever happens, next year we have got to be even better. We feel like we can win all four of our games. We feel we can beat anyone.
"kept a tight wage structure because of the financial demands of their stadium"
What a load of bollocks, that's what we've always done
