Roma are in talks to sign Fiorentina’s Dusan Vlahovic with Tottenham Hotspur at risk of missing out on the coveted centre-forward to Jose Mourinho, as reported by Tuttomercatoweb.
Could the Giallorossi follow up the shock appointment of one of football’s most successful managers with a club-record deal for the brightest young talent in Italian football?
There’s certainly an argument to be made that bringing Vlahovic to the Stadio Olimpico would represent a bigger statement of intent than hiring two-time Champions League winner Mourinho.
The self-professed ‘next Zlatan Ibrahimovic’ is a world-class centre-forward in the making, a 21-year-old with 19 Serie A goals this season.
Comparisons have also been drawn to a certain Erling Haaland and, if Vlahovic can find the net with such regularity in a struggling Fiorentina side, imagine the havoc he could wreak alongside the likes of Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Leonardo Spinazzola, Lorenzo Pellegrini and co.
TMW reports Roma have entered talks over a potential club-record deal for the £50 million-rated Vlahovic. What’s more, they are willing to meet his £40,000-a-week demands.
The ball, then, is very much in Tottenham’s court.
If Spurs are to avoid the humiliation of losing one of their top transfer targets to the man they sacked only a fortnight ago, Daniel Levy has little choice but to act fast (Repubblica).
But are Tottenham in any position to press ahead with their transfer plans given there’s no manager in place?
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