Spurs open to offers for 11 players as Pochettino begins clearout

Roberto Soldado, Andros Townsend and Aaron Lennon are three of the players Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino ais looking to offload. Photo: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images

Matt Law

August 13 2014 12:08 AM

Tottenham are willing to listen to offers for an entire team's worth of players in their desperate attempt to cut down the size of Mauricio Pochettino's squad.

Andros Townsend and Aaron Lennon are among the 11 -players who face uncertain futures before the transfer window shuts at the end of the month.

Head coach Pochettino and chairman Daniel Levy want to bring the squad down to 25 and face a race against time to move players on.

With Spurs still hoping to sign new players, Pochettino and Levy will consider bids for up to 11 men in the hope of getting rid of around five of them.

Queens Park Rangers have targeted Townsend, but Spurs are also open to offers for former England international Lennon. It is unlikely both wingers will leave.

Striker Loic Remy could be offered to Tottenham as part of a QPR bid to sign Townsend, which may be tempting to Pochettino, particularly if he can offload Roberto Soldado. The Spaniard is part of Pochettino's plans, but Spurs would consider selling him if they can line up a replacement.

Tottenham would like to find a buyer for Nacer Chadli, even though the Belgium international wants to stay at White Hart Lane and PSV Eindhoven do not want him as any part of a Spurs bid for Memphis Depay.

Defenders Michael Dawson, Benoit Assou-Ekotto and Kyle Naughton are all available, while Roma are understood to be interested in Vlad Chiriches.

Spurs are in negotiations to sign £17m-rated Mateo Musacchio from Villarreal. Toby Alderweireld, who has interested the club in the past, has been made available by Atletico Madrid.

With Levy still hopeful of convincing Southampton to sell Morgan Schneiderlin, Spurs need to trim their midfield and are open to offers for Sandro,  Etienne Capoue and Mousa Dembele.

As has been the case in the past, Levy's task is being made more difficult by the  valuations he is putting on a number of Spurs' unwanted players.

Hull were put off 30-year-old captain Dawson because of his £6m price tag and Swansea refused to pay a similar fee for Naughton.

Levy wants around £15m for Sandro, £13m for Soldado and £10m for Townsend and Lennon. Zenit St Petersburg, where former Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas is in charge, are interested in Sandro.

Spurs have so far signed defender Ben Davies and goalkeeper Michel Vorm from Swansea, and Eric Dier from Sporting Lisbon.

FIFA has received a complaint from Vorm's former club FC Utrecht in relation to the Dutch goalkeeper's transfer to Tottenham from Swansea.

Utrecht claiming they have not received 30pc of Vorm's transfer fee, which they allege was part of a sell-on agreement between them and Swansea.

Meanwhile, Olympiakos defender Kostas Manolas has emerged as one of Arsene Wenger's targets to provide his Arsenal squad with more cover.

Having seen Thomas Vermaelen leave for Barcelona, Wenger is weighing up his options over how to replace the Belgium international. (© Daily Telegraph, London)