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title: "Tottenham Hotspur: Sporting director makes interesting Nicolo Zaniolo admission"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Daniel Clubbe"
section: "Tottenham Hotspur News"
published: "2022-04-01T13:37:39Z"
modified: "2022-04-01T13:37:50Z"
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# Tottenham Hotspur: Sporting director makes interesting Nicolo Zaniolo admission

**Speaking to [Calciomercato](https://www.calciomercato.it/2022/03/30/calciomercato-zaniolo-juventus-roma-superbi-entella/) (via [Sport Witness](https://sportwitness.co.uk/club-chief-wouldnt-surprised-tottenham-make-bid-player-investment-great-team/)), Italian sporting director Matteo Superbi has delivered an interesting prediction regarding reported Tottenham Hotspur target Nicolo Zaniolo.**

### The lowdown: Big admirers

This comes following a recent report from [Gazetta dello Sport](https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Serie-A/Juventus/28-02-2022/juve-zaniolo-tanti-legami-strategia-bianconera-costi-valutazioni-4301639799463_preview.shtml?reason=unauthenticated&origin=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gazzetta.it%2FCalcio%2FSerie-A%2FJuventus%2F28-02-2022%2Fjuve-zaniolo-tanti-legami-strategia-bianconera-costi-valutazioni-4301639799463.shtml) claiming that Spurs are keen on signing the AS Roma attacking midfielder.

Having been left out of a recent Rome derby clash with SS Lazio, the 22-year-old was [believed](https://football-italia.net/zaniolo-embittered-by-mourinhos-choices-amid-juventus-and-tottenham-rumours/) to be weighing up his options ahead of the summer window, apparently left ’embittered’ by Jose Mourinho’s selection decisions in recent months.

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Now, a club chief seems to have shed more light on the possibility of a move to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

### The latest: No surprises

Superbi, who is currently the sporting director at Serie C Group B side Virtus Entella, told [Calciomercato](https://www.calciomercato.it/2022/03/30/calciomercato-zaniolo-juventus-roma-superbi-entella/), as translated by [SW](https://sportwitness.co.uk/club-chief-wouldnt-surprised-tottenham-make-bid-player-investment-great-team/), that Spurs could be set to swoop at the end of the season.

The 53-year-old claimed that the nine-cap Italy starlet ‘could be worth €50million (£42million)’ and he ‘wouldn’t be surprised’ if a major European club stepped in.

Superbi went on to name Tottenham as one of those, alongside Juventus and one of the Manchester outfits.

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### The verdict: A supreme talent

Market valued at £29.70million and under contract in Italy until 2024 ([Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/nicolo-zaniolo/marktwertverlauf/spieler/392085)), we feel paying the mooted asking price would be a superb piece of business from Fabio Paratici.

Predominantly an attacking midfielder from central positions, Zaniolo already boasts an impressive [72 direct goal contributions](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/nicolo-zaniolo/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/392085) in a fledgeling club career across youth and senior levels, and his versatility would allow Antonio Conte to be flexible in his attacking approach – he has scored goals from five different positions in his career.

Such impact from midfield has even led to [comparisons](https://www.goal.com/en/news/nicolo-zaniolo-romas-nxgn-playmaker-likened-to-gerrard-and/1uyjminwylqwg1psyn9kiv6bu0) with both Premier League and England icons Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard. Described as possessing an [‘incredible natural physique’](https://www.asroma.com/en/news/2019/2/de-rossi-full-of-praise-for-zaniolo-after-star-turn) by Daniele De Rossi, signing Zaniolo in the summer window would certainly add a new type of threat to Conte’s ranks.

***In other news: Spurs want to sign EFL starlet in the summer transfer window, find out more [here](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tottenham-transfer-rumours/tottenham-hotspur-lilywhites-turn-attention-to-new-target-in-oxford-united-defender-luke-mcnally/).***