Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy won't allow Scott Parker to leave on the cheap.

The Sunday Express says Fulham thought that after matching QPR's successful £2million offer for the player they would be granted permission to talk to him.

But they had not allowed for Spurs chairman Levy's tough negotiating stance. Levy told Fulham that they would have to pay double the fee agreed with QPR to take Parker from White Hart Lane.

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