Barcelona have no interest in hiking up David Villa's salary this season and are determined to sell.
Punto Pelota says Villa's pay will jump from 7 million to 11 million for the final year of his current Barca deal - should he remain at the Nou Camp this coming season.
Barca management have no interest in shelling out such a figure for the striker and are now pushing to close terms with Tottenham over the striker's sale.
Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy is aware of Barca's predicament and will drive a hard bargain to get Villa for as cheap as possible.