Russian club Zenit St Petersburg have told Spurs that they want £21.5m for midfielder Andrei Arshavin.
Zenit sporting director Konstantin Sarsaniya said: “This English club is really interested in acquiring Andrei.
“But as I understand, £21.5m – our price – is too high.
“For Spurs that price is unacceptable. They’re ready to pay £15.9m.”
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Reported in The Sun newspaper, Barcelona striker Samuel Eto’o is quoted as saying Spurs – as well as other clubs – have made an offer for him.
The 27-year-old Cameroon international said: “I have offers from Inter Milan, Tottenham and Chelsea.”
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If the alleged tapped up duo of Dimitar Berbatov and Robbie Keane get their wish and join Manchester United and Liverpool respectively, Spurs are, as you would expect, looking to bring in replacements.
According to The Sun, we’re eyeing Real Zaragoza striker Diego Milito. The 29-year-old Argentine would cost £10m and has been recommended by Gustavo Poyet.
Another target could be Spartak Moscow striker Roman Pavlyuchenko. I recall David Pleat referring to him as a similar player to noneother than Teddy Sheringham. The 26-year-old’s club are said to want £15m.
The paper also say we’ve had bids rejected for wingers David Bentley and Diego Capel of Blackburn Rovers and Sevilla respectively. Bentley would cost £17m and Capel possibly £15m.
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It’s reported that Spurs have had a bid for Blackburn Rovers winger David Bentley rejected.
With no specific club mentioned, Blackburn chairman John Williams, said: “We have had bids from two clubs.
“One came in when Mark Hughes was manager, the other was fairly recent.
“But they have both been rejected.”
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It’s reported that Sunderland have made a £14m bid for Pascal Chimbonda, Younes Kaboul, Steed Malbranque, and Teemu Tainio.
There’s nothing official at present, however, Sunderland manager Roy Keane said on his club’s official website yesterday that signings are close.
He said: “I’m very hopeful, the players we have targeted have not moved to any other clubs.
“Of course we’d have liked the deals done as early as possible, it would have been nice to have had them in place by now but we just have to put up with it.
“[Chairman] Niall [Quinn] and [chief executive] Peter [Walker] are busy doing the deals and fingers crossed we’ll have some new players in place by this time next week.
“I’m fairly confident that we’ll have one or two new ones here over the next few days, to join us for the second part of our Portugal trip.
“I’m hopeful of getting five of six new faces in by the start of the season.”
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Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson appears confident of landing striker Dimitar Berbatov.
United are reported to have made a £22m bid, Spurs however want more.
Ferguson told The Sun: “We have made Tottenham an offer on Berbatov and we have good expectations that this deal will go through.
“Berbatov has been impressive during a long time and would be a great addition to our attack.”
He added: “I think time will work for us more than against us.
“We will not stress this situation. We are hoping to have a constructive conversation with Tottenham in the near future.”
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Spurs manager Juande Ramos has denied that Espanyol striker Luis Garcia will be coming to White Hart Lane.
Ramos said: “The business about Luis Garcia has never been anything. It was something that someone put out there and others believed it, but there is nothing in it.
“We will not be signing him.”
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Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has confirmed his interest in Spurs striker Robbie Keane after ruling out a move for Spanish international David Villa.
Benitez told his club’s official website: “I said the other day that Villa is one of the names we had on our list, but I can say at this moment that it is not an option for us.
“We know Villa is a very good player, we know the price and we know the players we have, so when you consider everything we decided he was one of the names, but at this moment, not our target.
“Keane is one of the other names and, okay, we are working on other names. We were in contact and we will see now.”
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Midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng could be leaving Spurs and returning to the Bundesliga with VfB Stuttgart.
The German’s agent, Jorg Neuebauer, told The Sun: “He wants to leave and Tottenham want him to leave.
“Stuttgart are interested and I have spoken to them but it is now down to the clubs to agree.”
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The Evening Standard are reporting that Paul Robinson is to hold talks with Aston Villa this week.
The ‘keeper, who lost his place in the first team to Radek Cerny in March, could move for a fee of £5m.
Who will be Robinson’s replacement? Cerny has gone to QPR leaving just Ben Alnwick as the only first-team goalkeeper.
The last week or so Heurelho Gomes of PSV has been linked with a move to Spurs numerous times.
We’ve also been linked with Allan McGregor (Rangers), Emiliano Viviano (Brescia), Gregory Coupet (Lyon) and Joe Hart (Manchester City).
Tags: Allan McGregor, Ben Alnwick, Emiliano Viviano, Gregory Coupet, Heurelho Gomes, Joe Hart, Paul Robinson, Radek Cerny
