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Tottenham Hotspur: Fabrizio Romano discusses Nicolo Zaniolo

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On the latest episode of the Last Word On Spurs podcast, Ricky Sacks and Jamie Brown were joined by Italian journalist Fabrizio Romano to discuss some of the transfer business that could occur at Tottenham Hotspur during the rest of the summer window. 

One topic of discussion on the recent podcast, which was titled ‘Summer Transfer Window (Ft. Fabrizio Romano)’, was Roma midfielder Nicolo Zaniolo. Spurs have been linked with a move for the Italian international in recent months and the Romano seems to confirm that the north London club hold a long-standing interest in the 21-year-old.

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Here’s what he had to say about Spurs’ chances of signing the winger during the podcast:

“I think this summer [it] is impossible, because Roma don’t want to sell him. For sure, the board [at] Tottenham, also before Jose Mourinho arrived one year ago, they were crazy for Nicolo Zaniolo. In my opinion, we are speaking of one of the best midfielders in European football for the next 10 or 15 years, so we are speaking on a top player. He’s fantastic. He has physical skills, he is technical, he scores goals – he has everything.

“He is a leader in Roma, and it is not easy to be a leader at Roma, they just had [Francesco] Totti [recently] and no more. Zaniolo is like Totti for Roma fans but also for [the] Roma board and for [the] new owners of Roma. So the new owner of Roma, he arrived like two weeks ago, said, ‘okay, we are going to change something in the club’. It is possible that [Edin] Dzeko would leave, they are working for Chris Smalling, but the first thing he said is that it is impossible to sell Nicolo Zaniolo.

That’s why I think it’s really impossible to see him at Tottenham this year, but who knows, because [the] Tottenham board [for] one year, [have been] in [talks] with his agent. They love him but [at] this moment, it is absolutely impossible.”

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Whilst Romano confirms that the Tottenham board are big fans of Zaniolo, he also suggests that it is unlikely that he will leave the Serie A side this summer.

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Considering that the 21-year-old is currently valued at £49.5 million by Transfermarkt, it is perhaps unsurprising that the Lilywhites seem unlikely to be pursuing his signing this summer, but from what the Italian journalist says, he is certainly one for Spurs fans to keep an eye on in future transfer windows.

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