Roma are reportedly still in the running to sign Toby Alderweireld from Tottenham Hotspur, despite his increased price tag.
The Belgian centre-back was available for a cut-price £25m until last Thursday when the release clause in his contract expired.
Spurs are now supposedly after around £40m for the 30-year-old, but Gazzetta dello Sport suggests that Roma have not been put off.
Officials from the Serie A side are set to meet with their Tottenham counterparts in the coming days, it is claimed, and talks could yet reach a positive conclusion.
Alderweireld recently declared that he is happy to stay in North London, but he is unlikely to extend his current deal beyond next summer.
