Tottenham Hotspur have said they won't break the bank to sign wantaway Everton midfielder of Nigerian descent Ross Barkley.

According to the Daily Mail, Spurs have insisted that they don't pay their top stars Hugo Lloris and Harry Kane more than £100,000-a-week, less than the wages offered Barkley to prolong his stay at Everton.

Another stumbling block is interested clubs want Everton to lower the midfielder's asking price thought to be more than 35 million pounds.

At least six clubs including Manchester United, Arsenal, Manchester City and Chelsea, are believed to be in the race to sign Ross Barkley.

The big Premier League clubs are interested in signing the Liverpool born talent because they want to increase their quota of English players, with clubs allowed to register only 17 foreigners in their roster.

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