A year ago Spurs tried underhand tactics to try and persuade Morgan Schneiderlin that his future lay at White Hart Lane, a year on and they still have not discovered any ethics.
Last year Morgan Schneiderlin was the subject of interest from Spurs, their tactics were simple, unsettle the player through is agent and the media and then try and get him on the cheap, hoping that Saints would see his position as untenable and want to be shot of him at any price, the fact that offered £12 million and that a year later he went to Manchester United for £25 million, over double what Spurs were willing to pay, tells you all you want to now about te shoddy way that Spurs do business and in Mauricio Pochettino they have found a manager after their own heart.
Now they are employing the same tactics to unsettle Wanyama, a month ago there was no suggestion that the Kenyan was anything other than happy at St Mary's, he had a great pre season and then was superb in the games against Vitesse, all was looking well before he suddenly got itchy feet.
Since then there was firstly his non appearance in the second leg against FC Midjytlland due to a supposed stomach bug and then he was left out of the squad against Norwich because he wasn't in the right frame of mind to play, something that really grates with the average supporter who wishes they could ring in work and have a few days off every now and again with that excuse.
Now on the final day of the transfer window, Saints fans wait with baited breath to see if the Club will stand firm on their promise not to sell Wanyama, I think they won't, Spurs problem is they are too clever for their own good, far from persuading Saints to sell they have achieved the opposite effect and made their resolution not to sell him even more firm.
Perhaps if Tottenham made a decent offer through the right channels in the first place they might get their man, but they prefer this way of doing business in the hope of getting the player cheaply because the selling club has been backed into a corner and now has a player whose position could be untenable.
Hopefully Saints will make a stand for all clubs everywhere, that contracts man something and that if a player wants out there is a right way to do it, at the moment there seems to be several clubs who operate in a way that is not ethical, they seem to think that they can do what they want, perhaps its because their managers are thoroughly obnoxious people, certainly in the case of Spurs & Liverpool that is true.
Wanyama should look at the Schneiderlin saga and ask himself whether jumping at the first self proclaimed big club to sign him is the right move, he should look at the way they do business and consider whether he would want to join a club like that, Spurs squad is littered with big money signings who have been ostracised when things haven't worked out (as is Liverpool's) for the sake of big money now, Wanyama could find his career in tatters.
Some clubs are big in name but little in class, some are small in name and big in class, I know what one Saints & Spurs both are at this moment in time