£7.89m for Badelj

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The future of Fiorentina midfielder Milan Badelj is still up in the air as his agent and the Italian side have yet to agree on his wages.

Dejan Joksimovic is the agent of the 27-year-old (28 next February) Croatian international and has been negotiating with Fiorentina. He has now come out and suggested it will be difficult for his client to stay at the club with interest elsewhere. particularly from Borussia Dortmund and Tottenham Hotspur.

"Either pay me or not renew the contract. There are top European clubs ready to do important jobs for Badelj, after the European Championships important news will arrive. But at the moment I think it is hard to think of a future in purple for Milan." 

According to the local paper Corriere Fiorentino, Badelj interests both Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund and Tottenham Hotspur. They go on to suggest that Fiorentina would want double what they paid for him two years ago from German side Hamburger SV £7.89-million (EUR10m - AUS$15.25m - US$11.24m) The defensive midfielder has 20 international caps