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Spurs' £10.5m bid for Brazilian star rejected

ESPN staff
June 3, 2011
Harry Redknapp is desperate to sign a new striker © Getty Images
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Tottenham have seen a £10.5 million bid for Brazilian international striker Leandro Damiao rejected by his current club Internacional.

Harry Redknapp is widely known to be looking to improve his attacking options this summer, after failing in a number of bids for front-men in the January transfer window and then subsequently seeing his existing options - including Jermain Defoe, Roman Pavlyuchenko and Peter Crouch - fail to fire in the second half of the season as Spurs missed out on Champions League qualification.

The 21-year-old Damiao made his full debut for the Selecao in a friendly against Scotland at Emirates Stadium earlier this year, but is believed to have attracted interest from clubs including Roma, Benfica and Barcelona.

But Internacional revealed that Spurs are the first club to make formal contact about the player - although they warned the Premier League side will have to up their bid significantly if they are to get their man, who is valued at around £17m.

They will also have to wait until the Brazilian season concludes to wrap up any deal..

'It was the first concrete offer we've had," club president Giovanni Luigi confirmed, when asked about Spurs' approach. "I said I didn't want to sell now, but I think they will come back with another attempt.

"I warned that he'll only leave at the end of the year and for more money."

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