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Simon Jordan has claimed that Daniel Levy told him that Tottenham Hotspur aren’t interested in Newcastle United transfer target and Leicester City playmaker, James Maddison.
The former Crystal Palace owner, who is friends with the Tottenham chairman, added that James Maddison has an ’embarrassment of riches’ at his disposal, with Newcastle United also keen on his services.
Even though Jordan thinks the 26-year-old will ‘land at Tottenham’, he shared that Daniel Levy told him that the north London club ‘weren’t’ in for the England international this summer, as he told talkSPORT.
One thing is for certain, Spurs are in need of a creative midfielder because their defensive-minded set-up needs to be brought to life and Maddison can certainly get sparks flying.
In recent weeks, mixed reports have been coming out about the Englishman, all linking him to Tottenham, but at times, it’s Newcastle winning the race, then the London club.
Nonetheless, Jordan shared his thoughts on the relegated Leicester star and how others, such as Danny Murphy and Graeme Souness, have made him look and think of Maddison in a better light.
“I think he is a decent player, a good player,” said Jordan. “I don’t think he is the player people quite think he is.
“But I have sat across a room from Danny (Murphy) and Graeme Souness, who have both been top midfield players and they say the same thing that they think he is ‘top-draw’, with that in mind, I don’t push back against the notion that James Maddison is a top-draw player.
“He has an embarrassment of riches, if both of these two clubs (Tottenham and Newcastle) are in for him, and according to Daniel Levy they weren’t for James Maddison.”
When Jordan was asked ‘he told you that?’ to which he nodded his head and simply responded: “Yes, certainly on the level that was reported in the media, anyway.”
“If that is the case, then you have got two managers (Postecoglou and Howe) that I think are good managers to play for. One has got a toxic fanbase and needs a rebuild, whilst the other is in really good nick – I think either one of those clubs is a really good fit for James – and I think Tottenham is where he lands.”
Tottenham crying out for Maddison
The fact that Christian Eriksen left during the January transfer window of 2020, and went through everything he went through, yet to his day he hasn’t been replaced is pretty shambolic.
The same with the goalkeeping department, for a number of years, it has been obvious that Hugo Lloris needs replacing, yet it’s been free transfers, loan players or over-the-hill players that have joined to compete with the Frenchman.
You could make the same argument with the centre-back, the only time some effort was put into that was when Christian Romero arrived and it could be argued he is the club’s best defender, otherwise, Davinson Sanchez is still there, as well as Eric Dier, whilst Clement Lengelt was a loan deal that didn’t work out.
Spurs are crying out for Maddison, but given that Leicester will demand a big fee for their star man, then it’s pretty obvious that he won’t go to north London.
