Tottenham have stepped up talks with Atalanta over a deal for centre-back Cristian Romero. Spurs have made an offer of at least £34m (€40m) plus £8.5m (€10) in bonuses - but he is not their only centre-back target and the club will not overpay for the Argentine. Talks also remain ongoing to finalise a swap deal that will see Erik Lamela and a fee go to Sevilla in order for Tottenham sign their young winger Bryan Gil. If they can secure these deals, Tottenham are expected to move on to a player that can play at right-back and centre-back, with talks having been held for Takehiro Tomiyasu - but he is not their only target in this position either. In a further boost to the squad, Heung-Min Son signed a new four-year contract on Friday and Tottenham fully intend to keep Harry Kane despite reports to the contrary overnight.

Source: Sky sports July 23, 2021 11:15 UTC