Lazio will need ‘at least €30m’ to sign Bryan Gil from Tottenham this summer, with Spurs refusing to ‘start negotiations’ for anything beneath that price.
That’s according to Corriere dello Sport, who say it will prove hard for the Italian side to ‘obtain discounts’ from Tottenham this summer.
Gil has spent the second half of this season on loan at former club Sevilla, establishing himself in the first team as they went on to win the Europa League.
He’s set to return to Tottenham once that loan deal officially ends as it does not include a purchase clause but whether he has a long-term future at the club remains to be seen.
He’s barely featured for the club since his arrival from Sevilla July 2021 and has regularly spoken of a need to depart and get regular playing time elsewhere.
A departure seems likely this summer and Lazio have been identified as a possible destination, with it claimed that manager Maurizio Sarri believes he can turn the Spaniard into a star.
Corriere now state that any deal would be ‘complicated’, at least from an economic point of view, as Tottenham are demanding ‘at least €30m’ for the player if he departs.
They had Gil tied down to a contract until 2026 which means that there is no need for them to sell on the cheap and there is little to no opportunity for Lazio to ‘obtain discounts’.
Thus, a move to the Italian side looks unlikely at this moment in time, although things can always change in the whirlpool that is the transfer window.
