Tottenham continue to be linked with a move for Malcom, with the Londoners looking to strengthen their attack this summer and the Barcelona winger expected to leave after struggling in his debut season. Malcom might not be on Tottenham’s radar, however, as he’s been in poor form over the last 12 months and won’t come cheap.
Marca reported in March that Barcelona were requesting £60m for the 22-year-old, despite paying only £36m to procure his signature last summer. Malcom has scored just one goal in 14 Liga appearances this season, so why would his value go up by 60%? Tottenham’s most expensive signing is Davinson Sanchez for £42m, so it’s hard to see Daniel Levy breaking their transfer record by 30% on a misfiring player.
Malcom would be one of the highest earners at Tottenham too. According to The Sun, Barcelona doubled AS Roma’s offer of £2.17m-a-year/£41k-per-week to beat them to his signature in 2018. Spurs would be paying Malcom in excess of £4.16m-a-year/£80k-per-week, which is more than Christian Eriksen (£75k-per-week). Spurs are expected to strengthen in the summer transfer window, but they won’t make an out-of-favour player their marquee signing.
Malcom isn’t worth close to £60m based on his debut season at the Camp Nou.
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