Benfica goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin has made positive noises regarding the possibility of joining Tottenham, but the goalkeeper will not come cheap.
Tottenham Hotspur are scouring the market for a new goalkeeper to replace Guglielmo Vicario, and Trubin is one of the shot-stoppers the Lilywhites have expressed an interest in.
The 24-year-old has been extremely solid between the sticks for Benfica since his move to the Portuguese giants three years ago.
The Ukraine international has admitted that he would love to reunite with Roberto De Zerbi, with whom he worked at Shakhtar Donetsk, but a deal may not be easy for the Lilywhites to complete.
Anatoliy Trubin is not expected to come cheap for Tottenham
A new report in Record (as relayed by Sport Witness) has now revealed that Benfica will not let their number one leave for a discount, due to a provision in his contract.
Benfica want to raise €40m (£34m) from Trubin’s sale, which will give them the capital gain of roughly €29m (£24.7m), but Shakhtar would be owed 40 per cent of that capital gain.
The Ukrainian club will receive €11.6m (£9.9m) if Trubin is sold for £34m and Benfica’s profit would therefore fall to approximately €17.4m (£14.8m).
The provision Shakhtar added to the goalkeeper’s contract is shaping Benfica’s approach to the negotiations, with the club aware that they cannot afford to sell Trubin on the cheap.
Trubin is open to leaving Benfica
Record say that Marco Silva’s side are willing to consider selling Trubin and other players in order to balance their books and fund moves for their transfer targets.
However, despite their willingness to negotiate, Benfica have not received any offers for the goalkeeper so far.
It is revealed that Trubin accepts that this summer could be the right time for him to move on, and the 24-year-old dreams of playing in the Premier League.