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22-07-2020 | 13:21 Football
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Nicolo Schira: Tottenham ready €50m offer for Mourinho favourite amid bust-up talk

Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho is ready to make an official €50m offer for AS Roma star Nicolo Zaniolo, according to Italian journalist Nicolo Schira. Spurs were again linked with a move for the 21-year-old this week. They hold talks about a swap involving Zaniolo and defender Toby Alderweireld last summer. But ended up moving for midfield duo Tanguy Ndombele and Giovani Lo Celso. Tottenham are prepared to submit an offer for the midfielder, who Mourinho wants to bolster his squad. Italian journalist Nicolo Schira claims that Spurs are looking to launch the first bid in the region of £45.1m for the five-cap Italy star. “Jose Mourinho wants Nicolo Zaniolo,” Schira tweeted. “Tottenham are ready to offer €50M (£45.1m) AS Roma ask €60-70M (£54.1-£63.1m) to sell the Italian midfielder. Juventus are really interested in him and Inter Milan are looking (they have 15 per cent on a future fees).” The Italian is one of the best up and coming playmakers of his generation, having already fully broken through at the Serie A side and become one of their key players in the process. However, his manager Paulo Fonseca heavily criticised him in public after the 2-1 win over Verona, and things have deteriorated since. According to La Repubblica, Zaniolo ‘hasn’t spoken to anyone for days’ at the club, and Fonseca is now ‘basically an enemy’. The 21-year-old’s agent will now meet with those in charge at the club to get a ‘rundown’ of what his going on. AS Roma have made it clear to Zaniolo that they have ‘no intention of selling’ him. Source: teamtalk

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