Daniel Levy should have smelt the heist in the distance; the result of core ingredients infusing for over a decade. The Tottenham chairman, “backdoored” by Liverpool’s surgical late grab of Luis Diaz, should not have needed a heads up from Porto that the Merseysiders were marshalling in.
From the moment Fenway Sports Group, famed for a smart data-driven approach, took ownership of the Anfield side, Spurs have suffered major recruitment defeats to their counterparts with the only real exception being Dele Alli.
