The Portuguese press continues to follow the situation of Edmond Tapsoba, who could be leaving Vitória Guimarães in the last days of the transfer window.
We’ve seen two kinds of reports about the player today. One of them comes from O Jogo, who had already written about the bids made by Bayer Lerverkusen, Leicester City and Wolverhampton Wanderers.
This time they say all the clubs have offered €20m, even though the first report said the German side had made a bid of €18m.
But they explain Vitória Guimarães are being tough, resisting to all bids. That’s why the negotiations haven’t really moved forward of late.
Newspaper Record sound a little more confident about the move, but they don’t expect him to be so close to the Premier League sides.They say besides Bayer, there’s also Borussia Dortmund trying to take Tapsoba to the Bundesliga. The Leverkusen side is said to be the only one with an official bid for him, after making an offer of €18m.
However, they say Leicester and Wolverhampton have been ‘pointed out’ as two clubs who are interested in the player, and his preference for the Premier League is something that could help them to get the defender.
With less than 48 hours left in the transfer window, if Brendan Rodgers or Nuno Espirito Santo want the defender at the King Power Stadium or Molineux by the end of the week, they might have to speed things up.
