Marseille striker Michy Batshuayi has turned down a transfer from West Ham in favour of a transfer to Tottenham.
The Belgium global scored 17 Ligue 1 targets in 36 appearances this season, and looks set to depart Marseille after the Euro Championships.
And Spurs now seem to be favourites to land the 22 years old after he reportedly advised the North London membership that White Hart Lane used to be his preferred vacation spot. West Ham were strongly linked with Batshuayi when you consider that the transfer window opened, and have been inclined to match the £31m which Marseille are suggestion to be stressful, however that move now looks not going after he rejected an £eighty,000-a-week wage to the Hammers. Arsenal and Chelsea have additionally been tracking Batshuayi's development and have been linked with moves for the striker.
Spurs look set so as to add extra strikers to their squad this summer after being heavily reliant on Harry Kane for the period of the season, with the Englishman being the one known striker in the senior squad. Both Vincent Janssen and Breel Embolo were linked as possible additions to Maurichio Pochettino's part.
Batshuayi's wage demands might be a skills stumbling block nonetheless, and although Spurs have just about completed negotiating a new £one hundred,000-a-week contract for Harry Kane, they're inspiration to be unwilling to offer Batshuayi a an identical deal. Hugo Lloris and Mousa Dembele are both paid £eighty,000-a-week, and are the highest paid avid gamers within the Tottenham squad.
Batshuayi is currently in France getting ready for Belgium's opening game on Monday night against Italy, and is joined through Spurs gamers Mousa Dembele, Toby Alderweireld and Jan Vertonghen.