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title: "Fiorentina unwilling to meet Chiriches asking price"
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author: "Ashley Thornton-Jones"
section: "Tottenham News"
published: "2015-07-22T16:13:01Z"
modified: "2015-07-22T16:19:06Z"
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# Fiorentina unwilling to meet Chiriches asking price

Fiorentina manager Paulo Sousa wants to sign Vlad Chiriches, but will not pay £7m for his signature.

According to reports from Italy, the former Swansea boss is a long-term admirer of the centre-back, and is now the subject of major interest from the Serie A side after failed attempts to bring him to Basel last year.

Sousa is refusing to accept Spurs’ valuation of the player, however, and is holding out for a loan move with a view to a permanent move next summer, despite Tottenham’s desire to offload him permanently.

The Romania captain has made just 25 Premier League appearances since joining White Hart Lane for £6.8m, and Spurs boss Mauricio Pocchetino wants to recoup what the club paid Steaua Bucharest in 2013.

However, Sousa remains confident of hammering out a deal for the 25-year-old, who seems surpless to requirements at Tottenham this year after the signing of Toby Alderweireld.

It is not the first time that the club have failed to negotiate a deal away from the club for Chiriches, after a loan offer from Italian rivals Roma was rebuffed in January.