Spurs looking to bring Jackson Martinez to White Hart Lane.
Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino is preparing a January attacking shake up at White Hart Lane, report the Express, with the former Southampton manager ready to sell two of his first team strikers in a bid to fund a move for one top class replacement.
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Despite the stunning form of academy graduate Harry Kane in recent weeks, none of Tottenham’s other strikers have helped the youngster with the goalscoring workload, leading Spurs to target a January shake up that will involve three deals:
Roberto Soldado (Out – Inter Milan)
The first mooted deal would take flop striker Roberto Soldado to Serie A giants Inter Milan, with the former Valencia man having continually failed to make the grade since his move to White Hart Lane. Whilst Inter are unlikely to pay anything like the £26m that Spurs originally paid to the Mestalla club for Soldado’s services, Spurs would be confident of recouping some of that fee to put towards a deal for a new striker.
Emmanuel Adebayor (Out – Torino)
Next to leave would be striker Emmanuel Adebayor, who has fallen completely out of favour with Pochettino since the stunning emergence of Kane. The Togolese has flattered to deceive for much of his Spurs career and, whilst Spurs are unlikely to command much of a transfer fee for the former Arsenal man, just getting him off the wage bill would be a significant financial boost.
In) Jackson Martinez (FC Porto)
Coming in to replace the duo would be FC Porto striker Jackson Martinez, who has had one of the finest goalscoring ratios in Europe over recent seasons in which he has plundered numerous strikes for the Estadio Dragao club. The Portuguese giants are likely to demand a fee of around £40 million for Martinez, but Spurs could well see that as a sound investment for a striker who is proven at both Champions League and international level.