With merely 24 minutes of play to his statistic in English Premier League (EPL) this season and encumbered by injuries, there is no doubt that Victor Wanyama has fallen out of favour at White Hart Lane and reduced to addition for a swap deal.
However, one thing is making Spurs sweat profusely even as they do everything to get rid of the Kenya skipper.
With Celtic's Neil Lennon ruling out Wanyama's reunion, owing to high wage and arrival of Ivorian Ismaila Soro, Spurs has reduced Wanyama to makeweight even as Gazette Dello Sport's Nicolo Schira reports that Spurs are willing to offload one of its three players, including Victor Wanyama, Lamela or Foyth for a swap deal with AC Milan's Krzysztof Piatek.
Tottenham Hotspurs hopeless is also shown by its willingness to cut Wanyama's transfer fee according to the Standard.
Valued at a fee of £17 million last summer, Spurs now wants £9 million value fee for the midfielder. Not to forget that Wanyama rejected £13 million price move to Club Brugge in the last minute.
The 28-year-old has 18 months remaining on his contract with the Yidos and the club wants to sell him instead of seeing the player leave as a free agent.
Albeit, pundits argue that Spurs asking price is high and they will have to reduce it further.
Wanyama's £62,000 per week salary is the nagging headache that Spurs have to deal with even as the midfielder smiles on the sidelines.
Wanyama joined Spurs in 2016 from Southampton on an £11 million deal, thanks to his admirer Mauricio Pochettino.
Injuries have seen the once admired powerful holding midfielder fall from the pecking order.
With suitors list increasing; from Celtic reunion, Galatasaray move, Club Brugge collapsed deal to Aston Villa and West Ham United continued links, Spurs has no option other than accept the price cut and deal with his high salary if they want to sell the want-away midfielder with the Friday Transfer Window deadline approaching.