Paratici enquires over Spurs loan for £54m Barca star

Spurs sporting director Fabio Paratici has reportedly approached Barcelona over a potential loan deal for Miralem Pjanic.

The Bosnian moved to the Nou Camp from Juventus last summer but failed to establish himself in the first team under Ronald Koeman.

The midfielder started just six La Liga games in his debut season and Sport (via Sport Witness) claim he is being ‘fast-tracked’ out of the door.

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The report states that Pjanic ‘has a huge market’ this summer and would prefer a return to Serie A, with both Inter and AC Milan said to be interested.

But Pjanic is thought only to be willing to return to Italy if Juventus make a bid to re-sign him.

His former club are keen on bringing him back to the club on a tw0-year loan deal, but would require him to lower his salary demands to do so.

And Spurs ‘have also been enquiring’ over a loan move, with Paratici reportedly making contact ‘in the last few hours’.

The report speculates as to whether Paratici’s links with Juventus – the club he left to join Spurs – will benefit him in the chase for Pjanic. They know each other well.

Pjanic would be working under Nuno Espirito Santo if he makes the move to north London, as the former Wolves boss was officially announced as Tottenham’s new manager on Wednesday.

Speaking about the move, Nuno said: “When you have a squad with quality and talent, we want to make the fans proud and enjoy.

“It’s an enormous pleasure and honour (to be here), there’s joy and I’m happy and looking forward to starting work.

“We don’t have any days to lose and we must start working immediately as pre-season starts in a few days.”

His appointment comes just weeks after the arrival of new managing director of football Fabio Paratici.

Paratici added: “The brief for this appointment has always been clear, we wanted a head coach that can instil all the values that are important to this football club.

“You only have to look at Nuno’s time at Wolves to see his ability to take a group of players and implement an adaptive style that brings success and allows players to develop and thrive. We are all looking forward to getting started in what we hope will be a successful time with the club.”