Tottenham target £12m Roma playmaker Pjanic as Modric replacement

No 1 target: Pjanic

Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas is lining up a £12million deal to bring Bosnian international midfielder Miralem Pjanic to White Hart Lane from Roma.



With Luka Modric set to leave Spurs for Real Madrid, Villas-Boas is keen to bring in the 22-year-old playmaker to the club to add creativity to his midfield.



Roma captain Daniele De Rossi is set to announce that he will resist overtures from Manchester City to stay at the club and that news - according to the Evening Standard - means that Roma are prepared to let Pjanic go.



The Italian side paid Lyon £8.6m for Pjanic only last summer, but new coach Zdenek Zeman needs to sell before he can buy - and Spurs' interest has tempted the club to cash in.



Villas-Boas had made Portugal midfielder Joao Moutinho - who he coached at Porto - his No 1 target but the club are not prepared to meet the player's £25m asking price.

