Darren Bent: Highest Paid Spurs Player

The Daily Telegraph has posted a document, apparently photocopied, which lists the 40 highest paid players in the world. Curiously, the salaries are in pounds not euros. It is impossible to measure the authenticity of this document, but the Telegraph thought enough of it to print it on their pages.

There are a few surprises in there, but none more so for Spurs fans than Darren Bent's purported weekly salary of £94,669, substantially higher than any other Tottenham player. This figure appears well in excess of what West Ham reportedly offered Bent and considerably more than reported in the press. It would also be far beyond any publicly reported salaries for Berbatov, Keane or King.

If true, this document would signal the end of Spurs' infamously rigid wage structure. That could only portend well for Juande Ramos and any summer signings he has planned.

I wouldn't hold my breath, though. This is so out of character for Levy and the Spurs board it seems preposterous.