Arsenal and Liverpool on alert as Tottenham stall on £30m asking price for Erik Lamela

TOTTENHAM will have to match Roma's £30m asking price to complete a deal for Erik Lamela.

By Nick Lustig/Published 21st August 2013

Tottenham are locked in talks with Roma over Lamela

Talks between Lamela's agent, Pablo Sebbag, Roma sporting director, Walter Sabatini andTottenham technical director Franco Baldini took place yesterday in London.

However according to Sky Sport Italia, the discussions as of yet have failed to secure a deal for the 21-year-old to join Tottenham.

Roma want £30m for Lamela with Spurs now unwilling to go any higher than £25.7m as the club also look to push through a deal for Brazilian starlet Willian from Anzhi.

Talks to take Lamela to Tottenham are ongoing

The 21-year-old scored 15 times for Roma last season

“Arsenal and Liverpool are monitoring how the negotiations develop”

Discussions between the club's representatives and the player's agent are ongoing, howeverArsenal and Liverpool are monitoring how the negotiations develop.

Tottenham are set to offer Lamela a lucrative four-year contract at White Hart Lane as the club prepares for the departure of Gareth Bale to Real Madrid in a world record £100m deal.

Madrid's Fabio Coentrao will join Spurs as part of the transfer which will see Bale make the move to the Spanish capital.

The fee received in that deal will see Tottenham recoup the money outlaid this summer on Paulinho, Nacer Chadli, Roberto Soldado and Etienne Capoue.

Willian is set to join Tottenham for a club record £30m

Villas-Boas has reinforced his squad heavily over the summer