Tottenham are yet to sign anyone this summer.
Italian outlet SportMediaset claim AS Roma will sell Diego Perotti this summer which will place Tottenham Hotspur on red alert – but an exit will only be confirmed on one condition.
The report claims Tottenham are interested in the 29-year-old after another impressive season at Roma, where he scored eight goals including a penalty in the Champions League semi-final against Liverpool.
However, Roma will only sell the Argentina international this summer if they purchase Malcom from French outfit Bordeaux, who Spurs have also been linked with for much of the summer.
Malcom is reportedly close to completing a move to the Italian giants and that will push Perotti further down the pecking order, and the Italian giants will throw their number eight on the scrapheap in favour of Malcom.
Tottenham have been linked with Perotti despite having stars such as Lucas Moura, Erik Lamela, Son Heung-min and Moussa Sissoko all vying for a place in the first-team on the wing.
But Perotti would surely be right at the top of that list of players if he was to join, and he could indeed take Spurs to the next level.
In a move that is slightly bitter sweet for Spurs, Mauricio Pochettino must miss out on Brazilian wonderkid Malcom if he wants to sign his fellow countryman.
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