Former Romanian international Basarab Panduru has blasted Radu Dragusin’s representative for accepting Tottenham’s low salary offer, insisting that the centre-back should have demanded a lot more.
Dragusin’s agent, Florin Manea, has been vocal over the last couple of days about the fact that his client turned down Bayern Munich’s offer to go to Tottenham.
Manea had explained that the 21-year-old had already given his word to Spurs and revealed the Bundesliga giants were willing to offer a higher salary than the Premier League side (GSP).
According to reports, Dragusin will earn £50,000 per week at Tottenham (The Standard), which puts him near the bottom when it comes to the salaries at the North London club (Sportac).
Bayern offered a lot more money than Tottenham
Panduru is flabbergasted that the former Genoa man’s entourage accepted such a low figure, insisting that they could have stood firm and demanded a lot more.
He told Romanian outlet Orange Sport (as relayed by Sport Witness): “When Tottenham and Bayern are fighting over you, and the lowest wage is 10 million at Bayern, and you ask for €3m, there’s a problem. You don’t know how to negotiate. You have a problem.
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“He should have €5m, if you can’t get €2-3m. Never! At least €5m. There are two teams that pay through the nose. How can I have this salary? Because Tottenham wants me to? No, you pay what I want. The agent has to fight for it, to get the big salary.”
However, fellow pundit, Florin Lovin, disagreed with that assessment and insisted that Dragusin was not in a position to demand a huge salary, given his age and the figure he was earning at Genoa.
He responded: “You can’t take the risk of asking for €10m. Nobody’s giving that. I don’t think he’s a player who, at the age he is, from the team he comes from, should ask for so much money.”
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Although players might start out on low salaries at Spurs, the way the club tend to operate is to offer constant contract revisions based on how well they are performing.
In fact, I would not be surprised if there are clauses in Dragusin’s deal that would potentially trigger a new contract offer worth double this amount if the centre-back hits certain performance parameters in his first 12 to 18 months at Spurs.
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