Tottenham prepared to blow wage cap out of the water to land £40m Marcus Rashford

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Tottenham Hotspur are prepared to completely rewrite their salary blueprint in order to sign Marcus Rashford from Man United.Plenty of reports over the last few months have indicated that Spurs are prepared to remove their self-imposed wage cap in order to compete for the best players on the market.This was later confirmed by the club’s CEO, Vinai Venkatesham, who insisted that Tottenham would change the way they operate in the transfer window, admitting that the club’s previous wage bill was not fit for purpose.The Lilywhites now seem to be walking the walk, having shown a lot of ambition in the early stages of the transfer window, and they may now do something extremely audacious.Photo by MaccaeditsTottenham are willing to pay a mammoth salary to attract Marcus RashfordOver the last few days, a number of outlets have named Tottenham as contenders for Marcus Rashford after Barcelona chose against activating their purchase option on the England international.Interestingly, The Sun have now revealed that the 28-year-old’s current salary will increase to £325,000-a-week from next month as per a clause in his contract.The report alleges that Tottenham would be willing to meet Rashford’s wage demands in order to convince him to come to N17.That would certainly be a huge departure from their modus operandi for Spurs, with their current highest earners being Cristian Romero and Xavi Simons, who earn £195,000 per week.Rashford’s contract now has a release clauseLast week, The Athletic revealed that a £40m release clause in the Man United forward’s contract has now become active.The outlet explained that Rashford’s release clause is applicable to all clubs other than Liverpool and Manchester City.However, according to a recent update from the i Paper, Tottenham are reluctant to pay £40m for the England forward, who scored 14 goals and registered 14 assists in La Liga last season.READ MORE: Alasdair Gold reveals Spurs have ‘swatted away’ approaches for strikerThe post Tottenham prepared to blow wage cap out of the water to land £40m Marcus Rashford appeared first on Spurs Web.