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Tottenham have been told they will have to pay £70m to activate the buyout clause for Valencia midfielder Geoffrey Kondogbia.

Spurs have yet to sign a player this summer and their dithering over Jack Grealish’s £20million transfer from Aston Villa has backfired.

So Daniel Levy is looking at the 25-year-old as someone who can add bite to the midfield.

Kondogbia, 25, moved to the Spanish club from Inter Milan and had a good season in La Liga.

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He’s classed as a strong, ball-playing defensive midfielder who loves a good challenge and could compete with Eric Dier and Victor Wanyama in the engine room.

And his signing could appease fans eager for investment.

Tottenham chairman Levy came a cropper after his waiting game for the former England Under-21 international midfielder Grealish blew up in his face.

Levy gambled on driving down the sale price due to Villa’s financial woes — only for a staggering five-day sale of the Championship club late last week to turn the process on its head. And now those new owners have blocked Grealish’s exit.

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Egyptian billionaire Nassef Sawaris and American Wes Edens have a combined wealth of £40billion, making them the third richest owners in English football.

They immediately pumped in cash to prevent Villa from falling into administration — and now they’ve told Grealish he’s going nowhere.