---
title: "Tottenham preparing final bid for Brazilian striker"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tottenham-preparing-final-bid-for-brazilian-striker/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Luke Greenwood"
section: "Premier League"
published: "2013-01-30T21:00:16Z"
modified: "2013-01-30T21:00:16Z"
---

# Tottenham preparing final bid for Brazilian striker

![damiao.jpg](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Internacional-Campeonato-Brasileiro-Leandro-Ricardo_LANIMA20120923_0162_26.jpg)Tottenham Hotspur fans inside the Football Transfer Tavern have been left frustrated at the clubs failed attempts to sign a striker this January, but Jeremy Wilson of [The Telegraph](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/tottenham-hotspur/9835568/Tottenham-Hotspur-manager-Andre-Villas-Boas-targets-transfer-window-deal-for-Brazil-striker-Leandro-Damiao.html) reckons the club are preparing one final late bid for their top target.

Brazilian international forward Leandro Damiao has been Andre Villas-Boas top target for some time, but so far the club have been left frustrated in their pursuit.

His club Internacional have so far been unwilling to sell, but a breakthrough arrived yesterday with the news the club had bought in another striker in the form of Luan from Palmeiras.

It now remains to be seen whether Villas-Boas and chairman Daniel Levy can force through a deal for the striker before tomorrow’s 11pm deadline.

Damiao is valued at around £15 million – a fee Tottenham have so far been unwilling to match. However, Andre Villas-Boas knows the importance of securing a forward before the window shuts, with Emmanuel Adebayor away on international duty at the African Cup of Nations, and Jermain Defoe currently struggling with a pelvic injury.

The club have so far only made one major signing this transfer window, bringing in midfielder Lewis Holtby from Schalke for a bargain £1.5m, while they have also brought in youngster Ezekiel Fryers in from Standard Liege.

### **Will Spurs snare Damiao in a last minute raid? Rate this rumour below.**

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