Sevilla's hopes of signing Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Didier Zokora have stalled as they are not prepared to meet the Premier League side's asking price.

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Jose Maria del Nido, president of the Andalucian outfit, has not declared the deal is dead, but that he does have other options open to him.

"Since we met with Totenham on Monday to agree compensation for the departure of Juande Ramos, we have not spoken to them since.

"It is true that first contact was made in Madrid with the chairman of Tottenham, Jose Maria Cruz (general director of Sevilla) and Monchi (sporting director), and that the distance between what they asked for and what we are willing to offer was so great that we left it there, and decided to speak again in the future.

"Zokora is not the only option. The number two on the list is just as valid an option as Zokora, and is even younger," he added.

"We requested permission from Tottenham to talk to him because we wanted to know what his disposition was, and he would be very excited to play in a competition he never has before in the Champions League.

"But we must deal with a level head. We have spent several million euros and want to guarantee after it all that we have a squad capable of being champions."