Nuno Espirito Santo favourite set for bumper Tottenham pay rise
Tottenham Hotspur are preparing to reward Oliver Skipp with a new contract extension and a pay rise, according to reports on Sunday.
The academy graduate only signed a new four-year deal in July of last year while Jose Mourinho was still in charge of the club. But he soon left to join Norwich on a season-loan – winning promotion with the Canaries as they sealed a Premier League return.
Mourinho actually labelled Skipp as a future captain of Tottenham and did not want the player to leave.
Skipp has since become a first-team regular under new boss Nuno Espirito Santo. And, according to The Sun, Spurs are prepared to offer him a new contract until 2025.
His new salary will increase from around £25,000-a-week to a figure of between £35,000 and £40,000.
Skipp played the full 90 minutes as Tottenham drew 2-2 with Rennes in the Europa Conference League in midweek.
The 21-year-old is expected to feature for an injury-hit Spurs side against Chelsea on Sunday.
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Tottenham on the slide
Meanwhile, former Tottenham midfielder Danny Murphy no longer believes the club are part of the so-called Premier League ‘big six’ after a massive downturn in their fortunes over recent years.
Spurs have not qualified for the Champions League since reaching the final in 2019 and replaced Jose Mourinho with former Wolves chief Nuno Espirito Santo over the summer. A promising start to the new campaign was also met by a rude awakening at Crystal Palace last weekend, when 10-man Tottenham were thumped at Crystal Palace.
And Murphy fears that his old club are on the slide, as they prepare to face Chelsea on Sunday.
He told the Daily Mail in his exclusive column: “It is possible for Tottenham to shock Chelsea in a one-off London derby. But to talk about them as being part of a Premier League Big Six doesn’t make sense any more.
“We’ve got to the stage where realistically there is a Big Four. Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea have been our Champions League qualifiers for the last two years and I’ll be gobsmacked if that is not the case again.
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“And I can’t see the situation changing for a few years yet given the strength in depth of those clubs already at the top and their ability to spend when required.
“In contrast, the aspirations for Tottenham and Arsenal this season will be along similar lines to Leicester’s, West Ham’s and maybe even Everton’s: a run for the Europa and hope to reach a domestic cup final.
“Even their own supporters accept it. When the north London clubs signed up for the European Super League, most of the mickey-taking came from their fans who found it laughable their clubs would be considered good enough.
“Tottenham have a great deal of prestige and history but it’s irrelevant to call them part of a Big Six when they finished below Leicester for the past couple of seasons.
“To be part of a group that’s elite, you have to be competing for the major trophies. Spurs are on a different playing field at the moment.”
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