Source: mail_online
Willian transfer: Shakhtar Donetsk reject ?11.8million bid from Tottenham
Tottenham have failed in their bid to sign Willian after Shakhtar Donetsk rejected an ?11.8million bid for their midfielder. Chairman Daniel Levy has made the Brazilian his top priority after the protracted deal for Luka Modric to join Real Madrid was finally completed on Monday morning. The north London club will continue negotiations for the 24-year-old and have until Friday evening to conclude the deal before the transfer window closes.
Wanted man: Tottenham are keen on signing the Shakhtar midfielder
Willian was upset with his Ukrainian club when they rejected an offer from Chelsea earlier in the summer. And he urged his club to allow him to leave after Tottenham made clear their desire to sign him. He said: 'I have a proposal, but it is complicated because the board. Here are many players in the same position, mostly Brazilian. They buy and do not let go. 'That's the problem. Everyone knows that I want out, I'm here for five years, won many titles, so I hope you respect my will.'I do not regret coming here, but this situation has been happening, with Chelsea trying to get me in January and now Tottenham, we start to rethink.' The Brazilian told Sportsmail last August he would love to play in London and that if he joined Tottenham his mission would be to secure a return to the Champions League, after the club reached the quarter-finals in 2011.
Upheaval: Adebayor has signed a permanent deal and Huddlestone could be shipped out on loan
He can play in behind a striker or as a winger - his main role for Shakhtar. He scored 19 goals in 129 games and won three league titles, four Ukrainian cups and one UEFA Cup at the club. Meanwhile, Tottenham scouts watched France
striker Loic Remy come on as a second-half substitute on Sunday as
Marseille beat Montpellier 1-0. QPR plan to resume negotiations over a deal for defender
Michael Dawson but he is reluctant to leave White Hart Lane. And Stoke
will also revisit a loan for Tom Huddlestone.
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