Fiorentina have made some adjustments to their proposal for Tottenham midfielder Giovani Lo Celso, making it a loan with option to buy for €17.5m, according to Times Sport.
The Viola had initially asked to take the player on a dry loan, so without any option or obligation at the end of the season, but that was rejected by Spurs.
Antonio Conte does not see Lo Celso in his plans for this season and has put the player on the transfer market, hoping to raise funds for his other targets.
According to the latest report from Times writer Gary Jacob, the updated bid is a loan with option to buy for £15m (which is circa €17.5m).
The 26-year-old Argentina international has 39 caps to his name, in which he scored two goals for his country.
He also has Italian citizenship, meaning he will not take up a non-EU slot in the squad, and his salary can benefit from tax cuts for people coming to Italy from abroad.
Tottenham purchased Lo Celso from Real Betis in 2019 for a total €48m, but loaned him to Villarreal for the last six months of the 2021-22 campaign.
Joke of an offer, for a current Argentinian international. Either put up £25m or don’t waste our time!
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As always the price of anything is what someone are willing to pay so by all means if someone put up 25 millions sell to them.
Otherwise the offer is what it is. It entirely up to Tottenham if the would like to lend him out and let him run out an other year of the contract in a Spanish club that can’t afford to buy him.
The only thing we know is that conte don’t want him in the squad.