Paolo Armenia, the CEO of Cremonese, has revealed that Antonio Conte has thwarted the Serie A club’s efforts to sign Pape Matar Sarr.
Sarr has appeared in just one of Tottenham’s four games this season, and the midfielder has yet to make his debut for the North London club.
Last week, Fabrizio Romano reported that Spurs were confident of finding the right loan deal for the Senegal international before the transfer window closed and that several Serie A clubs were interested in signing him.
However, Gianluca Di Marzio revealed on Monday that Tottenham had decided to take Sarr off the market following Rodrigo Bentancur’s concussion in Sunday’s match against Nottingham Forest.
Armenia has now explained that Cremonese had agreed on a deal to sign the former Metz star on loan before Conte stepped in to stop the transfer.
The chief of the newly promoted Serie A club told CuoreGrigiorosso: “We had an agreement in principle with Sarr of Tottenham but then an injury led Conte to stop everything.”
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I doubt it was just Bentancur’s concussion that led to the Spurs reversing their stance on Sarr. The doubts regarding Oliver Skipp’s return to full fitness might have also played a part in Conte deciding not to risk letting the teenager leave. One would expect Spurs to sanction a loan move for the 19-year-old in the January window.
