'Lamela is a dream we cannot realise' - Inter Milan abandon bid to sign Tottenham forward

 
Staying put: Tottenham have no plans to sell the Argentine
Andy Hodgson22 July 2014

Inter Milan have given up hope of signing Tottenham winger Erik Lamela this summer.

The Nerazzurri were hoping to lure the Argentinian winger back to Serie A after Lamela's disappointing first season in the Premier League.

The 22-year-old, who moved to the London outfit on a club-record £30m transfer deal from Roma last summer, made just nine league appearances for Spurs in the 2013-14 campaign having be sidelined with a back injury since the start of the year.

"Lamela is a dream that we haven't been given a chance to realise," Inter sporting director Piero Ausilio said to Gazzetta dello Sport. "Simply because Tottenham don't want to put him in the market."

Lamela, who is preparing ahead of Tottenham's pre-season back in Argentina, tweeted an message of encouragement to Spurs fans earlier in the week - insisting that he's looking forward to the new season.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">I'm really looking forward to this season, come on you spurs!! Motivado para la próxima temporada, vamos spurs!! <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=9&amp;id=222025&amp;p=http://t.co/ScgfkM00zp" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-209466-http://t.co/ScgfkM00zp" data-vars-event-id="c23">pic.twitter.com/ScgfkM00zp</a>— Erik Manuel Lamela (@Coco_Lamela) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/Coco_Lamela/statuses/481549485529915392" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-209466-https://twitter.com/Coco_Lamela/statuses/481549485529915392" data-vars-event-id="c23">June 24, 2014</a>

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