Jose’s £2m Euro bonus
Mourinho will cash in if Spurs make top four
JOSE MOurinhO is in line for a £2million bonus if he can steer Tottenham into next season’s Champions League. Mourinho will earn the payout if he completes what looked like mission impossible when he succeeded Mauricio Pochettino in november.
The Portuguese took the reins with Spurs 11 points adrift of fourth place and they offered Mourinho the bonus because of the importance of maintaining their Champions League status and the scale of the task.
Spurs chairman Daniel Levy has a history of rewarding players and managers for excellent performance, and given the club’s position when
Mourinho took the job, he would deserve his bonus if he can keep Spurs among the European elite.
Spurs’ spate of injuries, notably to star striker harry Kane, makes the task of climbing the table significantly harder.
Mourinho, who has already signed Gedson Fe r n a n d e s from Benfica, wants to strengthen his squad this month.
AC Milan striker Krzysztof Piatek is a target but Spurs have cooled their interest in Porto striker Ze Luis.
Meanwhile, Queens Park rangers have snapped up Spurs winger Jack Clarke on loan for the rest of the season. The 19-year-old spent the first half of the campaign with Leeds after joining Spurs in the summer for £7m, but the deal was cancelled because of a lack of game time.
Clarke made only one appearance in the Championship and three in all competitions.
inter Milan are increasing their offer for Christian Eriksen to £15m. Talks have been centring on Tottenham’s £20m valuation of the Danish midfielder and they have rejected inter’s opening offer of £ 10.5m plus add-ons.