Sir Alex Ferguson once described doing business with Daniel Levy as the footballing equivalent to the Big Dipper. ‘You come off dizzy. You can’t discuss both sides of the issue with Daniel,’ he said. ‘It’s about him, and Tottenham, nothing more, which is no bad thing from his club’s perspective.’
‘Tell me about it!’ a collection of clubs will say as we reach the finale of a summer in which the Tottenham Hotspur chairman is set to bring in no less than £66.8m for five reserve players who’ve scraped together only 117 Premier League games between them.
Levy’s predilection for doing his business in the last 24 hours of the transfer window is legendary.