Saturday, July 03, 2010

Julio Baptista Faces Premier League Future As Liverpool & Manchester City Join Race To Sign Him

Roma striker Julio Baptista continues to be linked with the Premier League, and now Liverpool and Manchester City have joined Tottenham in the race to sign him.

Il Romanista newspaper reports the player's agents Alessandro Lucci and Juan Figuer will be in London this weekend to open up dialogue with the trio of Premier League clubs.

Tottenham have been tipped as the favourites to land the former Arsenal loanee, but they face competition from Anfield and Eastlands.

Roma are hopeful of selling the player they signed from Real Madrid two years ago. Since then Baptista has been unable to break ground at Trigoria and he was peripheral to Claudio Ranieri's plans last term.

He is eager for a fresh start and he wouldn't mind a return to the Premier League having played there with the Gunners. A €9 million offer could see him leave the capital, but last week agent Lucci said that he had not received any offers from clubs in England.

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