Where has all this tapping up stuff come from?
Just because Ross knows Spurs want him doesnt mean that they have tapped him up. They may have enquired last year or the year before so Ross will know Pochettino rates him (Similar to Koeman with Sigurdsson).
Plus all clubs, including us will contact an agent to see if the player is even interested as what's the point in putting a lot of work into a signing if there is zero interest.
The same with the we refuse to deal with Spurs line. For a player who wont play until Jan, if at all this season, then will leave in June anyway, probably to Spurs, what teason would we have to refuse a realistic bid from them if it arrived. All that would be doing is putting off the inevitable for a year whilst costing us money and probably not even using the player anyway.
Just because Ross knows Spurs want him doesnt mean that they have tapped him up. They may have enquired last year or the year before so Ross will know Pochettino rates him (Similar to Koeman with Sigurdsson).
Plus all clubs, including us will contact an agent to see if the player is even interested as what's the point in putting a lot of work into a signing if there is zero interest.
The same with the we refuse to deal with Spurs line. For a player who wont play until Jan, if at all this season, then will leave in June anyway, probably to Spurs, what teason would we have to refuse a realistic bid from them if it arrived. All that would be doing is putting off the inevitable for a year whilst costing us money and probably not even using the player anyway.