MANCHESTER CITY’S move for Kyle Walker is on the verge of collapse after Tottenham reportedly slapped a £60million price tag on his head.
The England defender only signed a new five-year contract with the north London side last year.
However, that has not stopped Pep Guardiola from making the right-back one of his top targets this summer.
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But Spurs are prepared to play hard ball with their Premier League rivals over the 27-year-old.
Walker wants to join the Citizens, where he would double his £75,000-a-week wages, and believed a potential £40m deal between the clubs was almost agreed.
Now Tottenham feel they are justified in raising the price tag BY HALF after seeing Liverpool were willing to spend a similar figure on Southampton’s Virgil van Dijk, according to the Mirror.
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City have already began their summer rebuilding after completing a £43m move for Monaco midfielder Bernardo Silva.
They are also on the verge of splashing out a world-record fee of £35m for a goalkeeper to Benfica for stopper Ederson.
Defence is one of the key areas Guardiola needs to strengthen after Gael Clichy, Pablo Zabaleta and Bacary Sagna have all been allowed to leave the Etihad.
Walker is currently with the England squad preparing to take on Scotland and France.
When quizzed on his future this week, he said: “No, no indication at all. No.”
Reports yesterday claimed that City were also preparing a swoop for Juventus full-back Alex Sandro.
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