Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho has warned that the transfer market will look drastically different due to the coronavirus fallout, saying football will not be ready for “crazy numbers”.
Spurs both Steven Bergwijn for 27 million pounds from PSV in January, while also breaking their club record to sign Tanguy Ndombele for a reported 54 million pounds last year.
To deal with the financial impact of Covid-19, Mourinho believes the Premier League and other leagues around the work will need a different approach.
“It is normal you are going to have a different market,” said the 57-year-old.
“I don’t see the world, and especially the football world, ready for some crazy numbers we are used to having and some crazy investments that sometimes some clubs and some leagues are used to doing.”
He added: “But my first question that is: ‘When will the transfer window be?’ Because I don’t think it will be July-August any more, it will obviously have to go further than that.
“If you ask me what I want in my club, I would like my club to be what I know it is going to be: sensible, balanced, not going to spend rivers of money, and we are trying to respect the situation, not just of football but of the world and society overall.”
