Atletico Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur are not far off in their respective valuations of Cristian Romero, but an agreement between the two clubs is still far away.
Atletico Madrid are pulling out all the stops to land Romero, with Diego Simeone even thought to be in regular contact with the Tottenham man.
However, it was revealed by The Telegraph earlier this week that Tottenham do not intend to succumb to Atletico’s tactics on Romero, with the Lilywhites sticking to their asking price.
The outlet claimed that the North Londoners have made it clear that they will only let their vice-captain leave if the La Liga side pay £60m.
Atletico Madrid and Tottenham so close, yet so far on Cristian Romero
AS have now claimed that Romero is still viewed by the La Liga club as their priority target this summer, but Spurs are not making things easy.
The report says that the Premier League side are being ‘inflexible’ and have no intention of dropping their price from €70m (£60m).
In fact, it is alleged that Spurs see the World Cup winner as an important part of Thomas Frank’s project and are even trying to renew his contract.
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Atletico are continuing to press for the Argentine but the Spanish side are not willing to offer more than €60m (£51.2m).
Even that offer is seen as excessive by the Atletico hierarchy but they are only willing to put that on the table because of Simeone’s insistence.
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AS say that the Colchoneros will resume negotiations for the centre-back at the end of the month and are hoping that they can get Tottenham Hotspur to soften their stance.
The one thing working in their favour is that Romero is keen on a move to the Spanish capital and it is asserted that the defender could even agitate for a move this summer.
However, Atletico are also identifying alternatives for the Tottenham man, with Bayer Leverkusen’s Piero Hincapie expected to be their plan B if they cannot agree a deal for the 27-year-old.