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According to Sky Sports, Tottenham have pulled out of the race to sign Andre Gomes with Barcelona demanding a fee between £25m and £35m for the midfielder.
What’s the word, then?
Well, the north London-based outfit have decided to pull out of the race for the Portuguese international just hours after it was also reported that long-term target Jack Grealish would reject any advances for his signature this summer.
Gomes joined Barcelona from Valencia in 2016 in a deal worth £29.3m, although the 25-year-old struggled at the Camp Nou and arrived at Goodison Park on loan back in the summer.
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He impressed massively in just one season on Merseyside, winning over the Toffees supporters with his smooth, classy displays in the middle of the park alongside the more combative Idrissa Gueye – he would’ve been a decent signing for Mauricio Pochettino to make.
Fantastic news for Everton
Of course, when you have a player spend an entire season with you and everything goes well, you tend to be the immediate favourites to sign him on a permanent basis if you wish to do so.
Whilst Everton and boss Marco Silva have already expressed a desire to keep the elegant midfielder at the club, it would’ve been extremely difficult to land him if a team such as Spurs had seriously gotten involved.
This are Champions League finalists we’re talking about. Not only that, but a team with a clear plan and visible signs of improvement, not to mention the fact that they regularly qualify for Europe’s greatest club competition.
Oh, and their new state-of-the-art stadium; they really are an extremely enticing option for any player in world football right now, and they would’ve had serious pulling power over Everton.
The Toffees can count themselves lucky that such an attractive club has decided to pull out.