Tottenham are accelerating plans to sign Manchester City winger Savinho, according to reports, and are willing to pay over £60million to land the Brazilian. Spurs and Thomas Frank beat City 2-0 on Saturday and are now trying to pinch one of Pep Guardiola’s stars from the Etihad.
Savinho has not been in the squad for City’s first two Premier League games of the season, with Guardiola citing injury as the reason for his absence. But the 21-year-old remains the subject of concrete talks between both English heavyweights.
That’s according to talkSPORT, who claim that Spurs are still trying to sign Savinho following negotiations this weekend. They are willing to pay upwards of £60m, having failed to land Eberechi Eze, who turned them down for local rivals Arsenal in a £67.5m deal.
Savinho is willing to leave City for Spurs, but Guardiola’s outfit has blocked the move all summer over fears that they may regret the decision due to the player’s high potential.
They have informed Spurs that an offer of upwards of £69m will need to be made for them to reconsider their position.
After defeat on Saturday, Guardiola admitted that he was unsure about the future of Savinho, alongisde several City stars linked away with moves such as Nathan Ake and Ederson.
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“To be honest, I don’t know what is happening with a few players – I don’t know who is coming, who is staying, who is leaving, I don’t know," said Guardiola.
“All the clubs I had the feeling that it is the same, we are not an exception. Because the agents make the roles, the club have their opinions, the players have theirs, and after that we see what happens.”
The Daily Mail claim that alongside Savinho, Spurs hold an interest in West Ham star Lucas Paqueta, Monaco’s Maghnes Akliouche and Leicester midfielder El Bilal Khannouss, as they seek a playmaker following failed pursuits of Eze and Morgan Gibbs-White.
After beating City, Frank confirmed that he is targeting more additions to his squad, especially with James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski expecting to miss extended portions of the season.
“We have a strong squad that I believe a lot in,” Frank told TNT Sports. “We would like to add a bit, but only if it can strengthen the squad.
“We are looking to add in, and hopefully succeed. I know the club is working very hard. I trust them.”
He later added: “I think it's extremely important that, a couple of things that we understand we have a good group of players, a talented group players, a group of good quality players that I'm very pleased with.
“So that's why we brought in two good players to help. Can we improve it? Perfect. If we can't, you know, then we have very good players and we just showed that today.”