Spurs’ N’Koudou delay explained

Marseille agreed to sell Georges-Kevin N’Koudou to Tottenham almost three weeks ago but he is still not a Spurs player.

The France U21 winger completed a medical and agreed personal terms on July 19, while Clinton N’Jie also agreed to go the other way and join Marseille on loan, yet both players remain in limbo. So why?

On July 14, Marseille president Vincent Labrune announced he was resigning. The long-term family friend of owner Margarita Louis-Dreyfus and her late husband Robert had overseen a downturn in results and an upturn in unrest behind the scenes, and said he wanted to quit.

Spurs were urged to do a deal quickly for N’Koudou if they wanted to sign him and the ball started rolling immediately, with a £10.9m fee agreed and the player doing a medical and agreeing personal terms within days.

But Marseille’s head coach Luc Lapoz insisted on a replacement and Marseille proposed N’Jie join them on loan, which Spurs took time to consider. N’Jie is well-liked by Mauricio Pochettino and …

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