da luck： Tottenham Hotspur ace Erik Lamela is keen to leave the club at the end of the season and his preference is to return to Roma, Squawka reports.
What’s the word?
da bwin： Out of action since October due to injury, Erik Lamela has been in Rome during his recovery and it seems the Argentine winger wants to make the Italian city his home once again, having never quite settled in the Premier League.
The 24-year-old arrived at White Hart Lane in 2013 as part of a vast spending spree that took place after the sale of Gareth Bale to Real Madrid and Lamela now seems to be heading down the same route as Paulinho and Roberto Soldado, another two expensive signings that summer, by exiting North London without too much of a fanfare.
Lamela is said to be unsettled in London and wants to return to Roma, where he enjoyed success in his final season by scoring 15 goals in 30 games- a tally of strikes he’s yet to hit in 85 Premier League appearances.
The Bale curse?
Erik Lamela, signed for a fee reportedly rising up to as much as £30m, looks set to be the latest player signed amidst the flurry of activity that followed Bale’s switch to the Santiago Bernabeu that has failed to live up to expectations.
The Argentine is set to follow the likes of Paulinho, who was signed for around £17m but left after two years, Roberto Soldado, who cost £26m but couldn’t find the net regularly, and Vlad Chiriches out of White Hart Lane. Etienne Capoue and Nacer Chadli, two further arrivals that summer, also left without making a huge impression.
It would be unfair to say that all of Spurs’ signings that summer were a waste of money though because a certain Christian Eriksen also arrived in North London, going on to make over 100 Premier League appearances.
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