£50m star rejected Spurs, now agrees £115k-a-week move to Euro giants

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Milan Skriniar has agreed a £115,000-a-week switch to Paris Saint-Germain after turning down a switch to Premier League giants Tottenham Hotspur, as reported by Tuttomercatoweb. 

This is a rumour that just wouldn’t go away.

At least, with Skriniar edging ever closer to a deal that will see him swap Inter Milan for the Parc des Princes, reports linking the Slovakian international with a move to North London will finally fall by the wayside. And it’s about time too, really.

It is common knowledge that Spurs have been tracking Skriniar for some time. They failed with a £30 million bid back in 2020 – the rock-solid 27-year-old having emerged as Jose Mourinho’s number one central defensive target – before turning his nose up at Tottenham some 12 months after that. 

Skriniar, Calciomercato claimed at the time, had no interest in walking away from the San Siro just a couple of weeks after Antonio Conte guided the Nerazzuri to their first Serie A title in a decade. 

Inter Milan set to sell Skriniar to PSG

Conte’s subsequent return to English football sparked a further and inevitable speculation about a potential swoop for Skriniar. Spurs have spent much of the summer chasing his Inter team-mate Alessandro Bastoni instead however – Conte wants a left-footed centre-half, rather than a right-footed one – before Skriniar distanced himself from a prospective switch to North London just last week. 

“I have a contract with Inter and I’m happy in Milan,” said the former Sampdoria man. “These rumours, they come out every year or every six months. There is nothing. I’m satisfied in Milan.” 

Those of you without a detailed knowledge of Inter’s financial predicament might have assumed that was the end of it. But not quite. Cash-strapped Inter are under pressure to sell at least one of their star players this summer and, with his contract expiring in just 12 months’ time, Skriniar has emerged as the most likely candidate to help ease those financial concerns.

According to TMW, Skriniar has agreed terms on a £115,000-a-week, long-term contract at the Parc des Princes. PSG have failed with an offer of around £40 million. Though Inter have indicated that, if they put another £10 million on the table, an agreement is there to be reached.