Continuing what TF1 started a few days ago, France Football have an update on the Serge Aurier to Tottenham situation.
The Paris Saint-Germain right-back wants to leave the capital after seeing Dani Alves arrive on a free this summer, and went out of his way to ask Unai Emery if he could skip the club’s preseason in order to get a transfer sorted.
Both Juventus and Inter showed early interest, but with neither wanting to use up one of their non-EU spots on a right-back, that disappeared rather quickly.
That’s where the Premier League comes in, and why Tottenham, who have just sold Kyle Walker to Manchester City for around £50m, are among those interested.
France Football explain Paris Saint-Germain are being quite greedy, wanting around €30m for the 24-year-old, which Daniel Levy isn’t prepared to pay.
Holding talks after Tottenham’s 4-2 friendly win over their French counterparts, Spurs made it clear they wouldn’t go over €20m for Aurier, bonuses included, and are prepared to wait until later on in August if needs be for the Ligue 1 side to become desperate to sell him to get their price.
Don’t mess with the Levy.
It still remains to be seen whether Serge Aurier would be able to get a work permit, after being banned from entering the UK in November.
