As Real Madrid has made it clear that they've got their sights set on Gareth Bale, Tottenham Hotspur are prepared to sell Bale to the Spanish club if they add striker Alvaro Morata to the equation.
Real has placed a world record bid for Bale at €100m (£86m) in straight cash, but it hasn't been enough to sway Tottenham chairman, Daniel Levy, and they have indicated a readiness to offer players.
Spurs are ready to sell their 24-year-old talisman if Madrid come up with a €100m plus Alvaro Morata offer, according to several newspapers. Morata was the top goalscorer in the recently concluded European under-21 Championships.
Morata is considered a player who can replace Gonzalo Higuain in the Madrid lineup; after the Argentinian was sold to Napoli earlier in this transfer window.
Real believe that Morata could be Spain's future No9 and their appreciation of him has been reflected in their efforts to secure him to a long-term deal with an enormous buy-out clause. Morata's contract expires in 2015.
In the meantime, Tottenham look to continue on with their other business as they look poised to break their transfer record for the second time this summer with the €30m (£26m) signing of Roberto Soldado from Valencia. They paid £17m for the midfielder Paulinho from Corinthians, which eclipsed their previous record outlay - the £16.5m spent to take Luka Modric from Dynamo Zagreb in 2008.
They're also pushing to ign the 23-year-old Romania and Steaua Bucharest central defender Vlad Chiriches, although it has been reported that the club's owner, Gigi Becali, who is in jail, is unhappy for the deal to proceed.
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