According to Correio da Manha, Porto may be under pressure to sell Tottenham Hotspur target Luis Diaz due to their desire to raise funds.
Antena2 reported over the weekend that Tottenham fancy signing Diaz, and have been tracking him since his time in Colombia with Atletico Junior.
Diaz is also attracting interest from Inter Milan, AC Milan and Roma, so Tottenham will face a battle to sign him.
Diaz has a massive release clause of €80million (£68million) in his contract, but Tottenham wouldn’t have to pay anywhere near that.
It’s stated that Porto are under pressure to raise funds by selling players, and Diaz could be sold for a lot, lot less than that release clause.
Inter allegedly plan to offer €18million (£15million), but that’s a little low for Porto.
Fabio Paratici may now be able to strike a deal for Diaz to join Tottenham for around £20million. Even half of that release clause looks unlikely.
Diaz, 24, finished Copa America as joint top goalscorer with Lionel Messi, and was named the ‘Revelation of Copa America’ by CONMEBOL.
Primarily a left-sided winger, Diaz hit 11 goals and six assists for Porto last season and could give Nuno Espirito Santo another option out wide, with Nuno potentially hoping for a favour for him his former club.
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