Victor Wanyama has confirmed that he has had a medical at Tottenham Hotspur, but it seems the final fee has yet to be agreed.

Victor Wanyama's head, heart and wallet have been in White Hart Lane since last August when Spurs made a despicable attempt to force him out of St Mary's. Back then Saints resisted as the Kenyan still had two years on his contract, but realistically it was only going to be a stay of execution till this summer.

Publicly Saints stated that they were offering him a new deal, but behind the scenes Wanyama was not interested and had his heart set on moving to North London.

The question that Spurs fans are asking though is what is Wanyama's true form, for Saints last year it was patchy, whilst no one can deny that on his day Wanyama is top notch, the truth is that last season some days he looked his old self, yet on others he looked a powder keg, his three sendings off being totally unnecessary, leading some Saints fans to ponder whether he had deliberately got himself sent off and that he was not that bothered about Saints

You would hope that the truth was that he merely mistimed those tackles, but that doesn't bode well for Spurs, in fact either scenario is not ideal.

Wanyama has seemed keen to rejoin Pochettino, crediting him for helping him develop, however is that really the case ? he spent one year under the Argentinian and in truth did not completely convince Saints supporters in that season, many feeling that Jack Cork was a better option.

Indeed it was only in Ronald Koeman's first season he truly showed top quality form, so there is mileage in the theory that Koeman is the man he should credit rather than Pochettino, after all there weren't many after him two summers ago.

Reports in the media suggest that Saints and Spurs are yet to agree a fee, Saints understandably want to recoup at least the £12 million they paid for Wanyama three years ago, but with little other interest in the Kenyan other than Spurs they are finding it difficult to push the price up.

Spurs of course want to keep the cost down so are offering a shade under that, they seem to be trying to make a point after our refusal last summer to sell Wanyama to them.

However the player himself seems to have already had his medical

Speaking to soka25east.com Wanyama said.

"I am indeed elated at passing my medical at Tottenham, it is a new dawn in my career and I believe I will give my best for my new team,"

"I want to thank Southampton management and fans for the exceptional time we had together, I will always have a fond place for them in my heart."

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BaselSaint added 09:29 - Jun 22 Anyone departing Saints now are leaving a top six side and I don't think that resonates with people enough yet but anyway good luck to the lad and all that but at his age and with his potential he could easily become another overpaid bench warmer and more prone to injuries. Sad for us and him. Hope he enjoys his money.
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SanMarco added 09:32 - Jun 22 I know some will lambast Victor for being a disloyal mercenary but that is the modern game for you. He missed MS once he went and I believe that was why he was only sporadically good last season. I don't buy all this 'deliberate red card' stuff. Victor's strength is his strength, so to speak, and thinking is not what he is paid for. He may get better at what he does as he matures but he won't suddenly become an MLT or even an MS. We will miss him as an 'option' in certain situations rather than as a vital cog in all situations and that would be my worry for him at Spuds. The love-in with MoPo may be more one-sided than he thinks. Victor is a player who blows hot and cold and I reckon his role at Spuds will be as an 'option' rather than as a first team regular. That then opens him up to the problem of trying too hard and picking up the cards. I wish him well with the obvious proviso that I don't wish Spuds well. He will do a job for them when asked but will run into big trouble if he doesn't have a good game in his first few attempts. On my first view of him he had a dreadful game and Spuds fans will not be as forgiving as I was.

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Bushey added 09:34 - Jun 22 What was despicable about Spurs attempt to buy Wanyama last year? Ex managers are prone to try and sign their previous players?
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Jesus_02 added 09:45 - Jun 22 Wanyama won us a fare few points last season, I think that he will be a huge success at Spurs . Now lets get Morgan back and move on ;)
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Big_T added 10:14 - Jun 22 Wanyama cost us a lot of points this season as well.
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halftimeorange added 10:20 - Jun 22 Wanyama will fit in well at Spurs as he will be joining a team of thugs as was demonstrated in their meltdown game with Chelsea. We do, however, need to replace him with somebody who can break up play. Romeu is a useful player but not as effective as Wanyama, nor Schneiderlin, in that department. Plenty of business to be done after the Euros.
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Mclovin added 10:52 - Jun 22 I love these spoof blogs, very funny! It's like it was written by a cross of Alan partridge and David Brent. Lol!😂
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saintsnutcase added 13:04 - Jun 22 I don't see Romeu and Clasie as good enough in central mid for us to stay in the top 6. Wish I could say otherwise. We need to think as a top 6 club, not a bottom 6 club.
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bstokesaint added 17:56 - Jun 22 Might just be a huge elephant in the room in that Jurgen Klinsmann has gone from 50/1 to 5/4 since lunchtime. Just strange is all..
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