Fabrizio Romano has said that the news of Tottenham launching an offer for Jacob Ramsey is true but revealed that the bid was made many weeks ago.
Ramsey has been mooted as a target for Spurs over many months and it was reported last week by several sources that the Lilywhites had submitted an offer of £20m plus Giovani Lo Celso for the 23-year-old, which had been turned down by Villa (Matt Maher).
However, Football.London’s Alasdair Gold revealed a couple of days ago that all parties had played down suggestions of an offer, explaining that the Lilywhites might have merely made an exploratory approach for the Villa star.
He added that as things stand, the feeling at Hotspur Way is that Unai Emery’s men are not open to cashing in on their academy graduate.
Romano has now contradicted Gold’s information, stating that a bid did indeed arrive from Spurs for Ramsey, revealing that Villa quickly sent back the offer.
The journalist told Playback: “What I can tell is, this story of Tottenham making a bid to Aston Villa for Ramsey including a player, Gio Lo Celso, and money, is a bid they made, yes.
“But, it was weeks ago, not this week and not even last week. It was weeks ago. Aston Villa immediately said no. Gio Lo Celso has very good chances to leave Tottenham in the summer transfer window. I think Gio Lo Celso will leave Tottenham, this is my feeling.
“Still exploring the options, Betis are there, Unai Emery knows him well, there are several opportunities, but he will leave the club.”
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It sounds like Tottenham tested the waters with an offer since they were aware of Villa’s PSR issues but the London side have seemingly moved their attention to other targets after learning that Emery’s men will not entertain offers for Ramsey.
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