There has been a radical change of events regarding the future of Tony Sanabria.

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The Paraguayan striker has finally decided to discard Tottenham's offer and will sign for Real Betis in the coming days. His desire to remain in Spain has been key in him dropping out of a move to Spurs which had seemed closed.

Sanabria grew tired of waiting for Barcelona and sat down to negotiate with the Premier League side, who were extremely interested in him. In fact, the club had planned to send representatives to Barcelona last week to push the deal forward. That didn't happen, though, after the player changed his mind.

Gustavo Poyet, the new coach of Real Betis, phoned Sanabria several times and was able to convince him to move to Andalusia, something which seduced the youngster due to his desire to continue playing in Spain, as well as on a linguistic level.

The agreement between Betis and the player is total, but the La Liga side still need to negotiate with Roma. Their intention is to sign 50 per cent of the player's rights, which they hope to be able to close for around six million euros.