Thursday, 15th January, 2015
Tottenham Hotspur have started the ball rolling on a potential purchase of Sassuolo striker Simone Zaza, but will need a helping hand from Juventus to push through a deal.
Zaza has impressed Spurs with his feats at Sassuolo and the English side are keen on taking him to White Hart Lane.
According to Sky Italia, on Thursday, Tottenham officials held talks with their counterparts at Sassuolo over Zaza, to explore a possible deal.
Juventus though have first refusal on Zaza and can buy him for a set price of €15m at the end of this season or €18m at the end of the 2015/16 campaign.
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Spurs will now be keen to establish how serious Juventus' interest in taking advantage of their first refusal clause is.
Zaza has hit the back of the net seven times in 13 Serie A games so far this season, having missed three matches with a muscle injury.
The 23-year-old has also broken through into the senior Italy squad and has four caps and one goal to his name.
Sassuolo have Zaza under contract until 2019.
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