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Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp is looking to step up his chase for new additions to his White Hart Lane squad and is hoping to persuade Sevilla winger Diego Capel to make the move to north London. The 22 year old winger has been a target for the Premier League side for a few years now but the added incentive of Champions League football may make such a move more palatable for the Spanish international.

This coming season will be Capel’s seventh in the Sevilla first team and he has become a cult figure at the club but may be tempted by a new challenge and the Spurs boss is known to be an admirer of the young wide man and appears to be after more wide players having chased the likes of Craig Bellamy in recent weeks.

The Spaniard is valued at around £14m and is currently on the fringes of the national team set up and any potential move could become more likely if his side fails to negotiate their Champions League play-off against Braga, likewise Tottenham become a less attractive option if they do not get past Young Boys.

Redknapp is yet to pick up any new signings this summer, despite being linked with many targets. He has made statements about wanting to strengthen his side and will surely snap up a player or two before the end of the month.

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Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp is rumoured to be keen on signing young Spanish pair Diego Capel and Javi Martinez this summer. The two players help give the north London club even more strength in depth in areas that the White Hart Lane boss has been looking to fill.

Sevilla’s 22 year old left winger Diego Capel has been linked with a move to the north London club for a few seasons now and the former Barcelona youth player has found himself having to share first team duties with youngster Diego Perotti. He is also a reported target of Serie A side Juventus. The left side of the Spurs midfield was seen as a problem area a year or so ago but now that Gareth Bale has started to shine things do not look so unbalanced however Capel would be a great back up and is known to be a player Redknapp admires.

Javi Martinez is considered one of the hottest prospects in Spanish football and is currently away on World Cup duty and seems certain to leave mid table La Liga side Athletico Bilbao and has a number of potential suitors. Redknapp has mentioned his desire to bring in more central midfield options and could well be about to offload Jermaine Jenas so a move for the 21 year old makes a great deal of sense.

The pair are thought to be valued at around £24m and the White Hart Lane boss is hoping to add more top notch players to his current squad as he prepares for a Champions League campaign.

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Any Tottenham fan with a working pair of eyes will have remembered how Spanish winger Diego Capel was repeatedly linked with a move to White Hart Lane in the summer of 2008 well it appears that the speculation about just such a move is beginning to start all over again, but perhaps now the timing is in fact right for such a deal to become a reality.

With Luka Modric still out injured and Harry Redknapp apparently keen on getting some natural width to balance the superb Aaron Lennon on the right now may be as good a time as ever for Tottenham to push on with their attempts to sign 21 year old Sevilla man Capel.

Many sources suggest that negotiations are ongoing as to this move becoming a reality either in January or failing that next summer. Sevilla are doing well on both domestic and European fronts but some reports suggest that the north London club are set to make an offer to the Spanish international that he will find hard to refuse.

Harry does like to chop and change and may well have some cash in the pot given the recent financial upturn at the club and their good start to the season and if there is anywhere the club could do with strengthening it could well be out wide on the left and perhaps another centre back who is not injury prone.

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The Rumour

Tottenham and Arsenal are facing a battle to sign Diego Capel after the Sevilla winger revealed he is happy to stay in Spain. The north London clubs have been tracking the progress of Capel for a long period and were hoping to make a move for his signature at the end of the season.Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp is keen to sign another left sided midfielder after missing out on Middlesbrough winger Stewart Downing back in the January transfer window.

The Source: (Sport.co.uk)

The Analysis

Last summer the pacy 21 year old came very close to joining Juande Ramos at Spurs, the Spaniard having been his boss at the La Liga club, but the deal fell through pretty late on and i think many had forgotten all about him but now it appears his name is back spinning on the rumour mill and he is a hot prospect.

The Sevilla player is most comfortable out on the left wing but has been known to play in the hole behind the striker and could well be useful in this role at Tottenham although would be less needed at the Emirates in such a role as Arshavin is a master in this position, also there is a big question mark over just how much Arsenal have to spend this summer and clearly Wenger is more in need of solid defenders and tough tackling midfielders rather than yet another skillful attacker.

Tottenham have been using Luka Modric out on the left in recent months to good effect but perhaps Harry is looking for natural width and a wing pairing of Aaron Lennon and Capel would be a feared one, then Luka could in theory play off the front man completing a pretty awesome attacking line.

The Likelihood

Capel to Arsenal/Tottenham: A lot depends on a) whether Sevilla clinch a Champs Lge place and b) whether Harry sells some of his current squad to make room. either way a move to White Hart Lane seems more likely.

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Talented winger Diego Capel has reportedly snubbed a new contract offer at Sevilla which you’d imagine means he’s open to a move. Spurs’ interest is well documented, so we’d expect some phones to be ringing shortly.

Capel though is seemingly interested in a move to FC Barcelona. In the summer he observed his team mates Daniel Alves and Keita traded Sevilla for Barcelona but his club shut up shop on any move for him.

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Diego Capel, who made his senior debut at just 16, was subject to a reported £12 million bid from Spurs in recent weeks. The bid was rejected by the Rojiblancos as they look to keep their remaining stars after the sales of Seydou Keita and Daniel Alves to Barcelona, and Christian Poulsen to Juventus.

Talking to Spanish newspaper Marca, Capel stated that he was happy to stay at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán stadium:

I am calm and I am only thinking about succeeding here at the moment.

It is clear that in the future you do not know what may happen, but I have a contract with Sevilla and I am comfortable.

Capel’s comments, coupled with the £23 million from the sales of Robbie Keane and Paul Robinson, could reignite Ramos’ interest in bringing Blackburn winger David Bentley to White Hart Lane. Tottenham were reportedly in pole position for a £17 million move for the England international, only for new Rovers boss Paul Ince to say otherwise. However, after missing out on one winger and with more funds firmly in the pocket, it can only be a matter of time before they move for Bentley.

The question is, who would Spurs rather have in their squad? 20-year-old Capel or 23-year-old Bentley? A £12m Spaniard or a £17m Englishman?

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Ramos submitted a bid for 20-year-old wiger Diego Capel, who is valued at around £14million. Sevilla showed they had no intention of letting one of their prize assests move to White Hart Lane by rejecting the bid.

Capel has a clause in his contract that allows him to leave should an offer of a certain value come in, but this applies only to Spanish clubs, meaning the Rojiblancos were free to bat away Tottenham’s advances, as president Jose Maria Del Nido told the club’s official website:

He has a clause in his contract which is only valid for a Spanish team.

We do not negotiate with any figure less than that. Tottenham made a superior bid and we said no.

Capel is highly regarded at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, but it is thought that he does have his price. Ramos will have to go higher than the reported £12m bid he lodged this week to capture one of the youngsters that flourished under his guidance.

The likes of striker Albert Riera of Espanyol Barcelona and Sevilla’s young winger Diego Capel are a the top of the wish-list which also included Portsmouth’s David James and Real Zaragoza’s Diego Milito. A host of other players’ names too are being thrown into the hat.

Yet even if Spurs manage to lure top quality players in the summer, it is really tough to believe that Spurs can become genuine title contenders overnight. Of course with the extra injection of cash and with Ramos at the helm, Spurs do have a great future but the north London club have to take it one step at a time and not rush the whole process.

This report suggests that the Gunners are preparing a £8 million bid for the Spanish Under20 international in the summer. Capel is one of the most gifted individuals in the Spanish game and Spurs were linked to the player in the month of January.

But now Arsenal appear to have shot themselves into the race. With Spurs going through a difficult patch and the Gunners on the up, it wouldn’t be hard for anyone to guess which club would Capel choose. But Spurs have Juande Ramos as their manager and maybe he could lure Capel to White Hart Lane.

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