Report: Tottenham miss out on signing £25m target as they didn’t want to pay his wage demands

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Tottenham Hotspur were not willing to meet Danny Ings’ contract expectations, which has caused them to miss out on the striker to Aston Villa, the Telegraph report.

Salary too much

Villa announced the signing of Ings yesterday, which came completely out of the blue.

Ings had previously been tipped to be Tottenham’s main strike target this summer, and the Telegraph report that Nuno’s side did have a ‘strong interest’ in the striker.

However, they were not prepared to pay his wage demands and missed out.

It has been claimed that Villa are paying Ings a contract worth £120,000-a-week, which has helped convince him to sign from Southampton.

Impact for Spurs and Villa

The addition of Ings looks like a great signing for Dean Smith’s side, and should help to soften the blow of Jack Grealish’s departure somewhat.

Tottenham, meanwhile, are likely to have to look at other potential strike targets, as they look to bolster their forward ranks.

Spurs will, of course, ideally like to keep hold of Harry Kane – but if he is to depart then Spurs may have to bring in two new number nines this summer.