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Tottenham Ready To Place Bid For Christian Benteke
Tottenham Ready To Place Bid For Christian Benteke
Tottenham are reportedly all set to place an audacious bid for Aston Villa striker Christian Benteke. Club manager Andre Villas-Boas values the player in the range of £20m, although Villa is strongly reluctant to sell him for anything below £25m.
The Sun reports that the Spurs are willing to participate in a cash-plus-player offer in return for Benteke, but Aston Villa are insistent on a cash-only deal. The Spurs are ready to allow one of Benoit Assou-Ekotto, Scott Parker, Jake Livermore and Tom Huddlestone to leave as part of the deal.
Benteke had earlier handed in a transfer request to his club and has not joined his team for their pre-season training camp in Germany. He is aware of other clubs’ interest in him but is understood to hold a preference for the White Hart Lane.
Tottenham are believed to be ready to offer him a weekly pay rise that would make his earning around £70,000 a week, in addition to regular first-team football, with Emmanuel Adebayor set to leave the club before the season starts.
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