Italian big guns chase Kranjcar

Posted Tuesday, May 03, 2011 by thesun.co.uk

LAZIO, Roma and Juventus are all interested in signing Tottenham forward Niko Kranjcar, according to the player's agent.
Croatian Kranjcar was a regular member of the Spurs starting XI last year but has fallen down the pecking order this term, largely due to the improvement of Gareth Bale and the signing of Steven Pienaar.

The 26-year-old has only made 17 appearances for the Londoners this season. His last start came almost two months ago when he scored in the 2-1 win at Sunderland.

The winger, who has two years left on his contract, voiced his concern at a lack of first-team football last month, and his agent, Adrian Aliaj, admits he is becoming disheartened with being on the sidelines at White Hart Lane.

Kranjcar snubbed the chance to move to Werder Bremen in January, but may be tempted to move to one of the Serie A giants interested in him this summer if Spurs cannot give him assurances about his future.

Aliaj said: "Niko is not happy with the situation at Tottenham at the moment. He wants to play. It is a shame that a man of Niko's quality is on the bench.

"He is loyal to the club and has a contract but it is difficult for him.

"It can be a problem when a player is not playing. When he is not playing he is not happy. He feels down.

"Some clubs in Italy are interested him. Lazio, Roma, Juventus — they are all interested, as well as some teams in Spain and in Germany.

"It's normal to have teams like these interested in a player with such quality.

"Niko will meet with the manager in the next seven to 10 days to sort out his future. After this meeting, then we will know what is happening."