Mourinho’s future plans for Wanyama finally revealed

Former England and Manchester City star Danny Mills has revealed that several European clubs will be looking to sign Tottenham midfielder Victor Wanyama in a months’ time.

In an exclusively interview on Sunday with Football Insider, Mills said that Spurs are hoping to raise funds from selling some of their players to fund their spending.

Wanyama is one of the players who had a nightmare campaign last season and reports in the UK have been pointing towards him leaving the new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Wanyama, who was left out of Spurs’ squad that beat West Ham 3-2 on Saturday, has been ravaged by injury, mainly knee problems, over the last two years.

The Harambee Stars skipper has slipped down Tottenham Hotspur’s midfield pecking order behind Tanguy Ndombele, Harry Winks, Moussa Sissoko and Eric Dier.

Revealing Mourinho’s future plans for wanyama, Mills told Football Insider that the former Manchester united boss will use next month to assess his squad before selling some players.

 “There’s plenty of clubs that will be interested in his signature, to have that solid defensive midfield player. Teams anywhere from seventh down in the Premier League are thinking: ‘Oh yes, he can do a job for us.’ If not, he’ll maybe go somewhere in Europe or further afield,” he said.

“He’s still a very, very good player and that’s the other thing Mourinho’s going to have to do, get a few out because Daniel Levy, there might be a little bit of a war chest but he’s still going to have to balance the squad and get a bit of money back in, so getting players out is going to be part of his remit as well.”

In August, Wanyama was reportedly moving closer to completing a move to Club Brugge but the deal never happened because the Belgian club could not agree on his wages.

Club Brugge had reportedly offered up £13.6million for Wanyama and was to pay him about Sh8.2 million -per-week to make him the highest-paid player in the club's history.

Wanyama started his professional career with Belgian side Germinal Beerschot AC in 2009, staying at the club for two years before moving on to Scotland giants Celtic for another two years.

He then made his move to Southampton on 11 July 2013 for £11.5m.

He joined Spurs from Southampton in the summer of 2016.

His career since he joined Spurs has been marred by bursts of nagging injuries, which have also kept the midfielder out of action in crucial parts of the season.