Report: Joe Hart accepts big pay cut to secure Tottenham move

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The Evening Standard have claimed that Joe Hart has accepted a big pay-cut to join Tottenham Hotspur on a free transfer, earning nearly half of the £50,000-a-week wages he was pocketing at Burnley.

Hart, 33, is expected to sign a two-year deal with Tottenham on Tuesday after undergoing a medical on Monday. He is likely to rival Paulo Gazzaniga as back-up for Hugo Lloris, signing on a free after his Burnley release.

The former Premier League winner – who has 75 England caps to his name – has endured a difficult time of it over the last four years since being ousted by Pep Guardiola at Manchester City.

Spells at Torino, West Ham and then Burnley followed for Hart, and a move to north London is now close to completion. The Times claimed on Monday that Hart was earning £50,000 a week at Burnley.

But the Evening Standard state that he will only earn just over half of that at Tottenham, taking home £27,500 a week before bonuses. He is Spurs’ second summer signing after the north Londoners landed Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg.

TBR’s view – Bargain for Tottenham, Levy deserves credit

To convince Hart to join as a back-up goalkeeper who realistically will only play a handful of matches over the course of next season is one thing, but to get him to take such a hefty pay cut is excellent business.

Not only are Spurs saving money in terms of a transfer fee given Hart is a free agent, but to get him on a wage below £30,000 a week is excellent business. Daniel Levy deserves credit for the work he has done this summer, so far.