Source: Team_Talk
Spurs deny bid for Palermo pair
Tottenham insist they have not made any offers for Simon Kjaer and Edinson Cavani, despite Palermo claiming to have accepted a bid.[LNB] Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini claimed Spurs had tabled a 35million euro offer for the pair, with Denmark centre-half Kjaer and Uruguay forward Cavani having both played well at the World Cup.[LNB]However, the Premier League club insists those remarks are wide of the mark.[LNB]"Palermo's claims are inaccurate. We have not bid for these players," said a spokesman for Tottenham.[LNB]Spurs boss Harry Redknapp has had issues in defence with Ledley King and Jonathan Woodgate both struggling with long-term injury problems while Cavani would boost an attacking line-up which already features the likes of Jermain Defoe, Peter Crouch and Roman Pavlyuchenko.[LNB]Zamparini was quoted by Sky Italia as claiming: "Tottenham have bid 35 million euros, an offer we cannot refuse, seeing as the two players have both said they want to leave.[LNB]"We will reinvest the money for these players. The midfield is my biggest concern, whereas in defence and attack we are fairly well covered."[LNB]Palermo signed 21-year-old Kjaer from FC Midtjylland in 2008 and a string of impressive performances in Serie A have brought him to the attention of Europe's leading clubs.[LNB]Cavani, 23, was equally unknown when he moved to the Sicilian club from Danubio in 2008.[LNB]Kjaer's representative Mikkel Beck has indicated the Denmark international would be open to a move, should anything "concrete" materialise.[LNB]"The situation has not changed since the summer began," Beck toldSport.co.uk.[LNB]"He has a contract with Palermo for another three years, but he has been put in contact with so many big clubs in the last year.[LNB]"It is great that there is interest from these clubs, but I am afraid that nothing concrete has come from any of the interest as of yet.[LNB]"At the moment we stay put, and Simon is very patient. He knows what he has at Palermo, they are a top Italian team and are playing in the European Cup next year, so he knows what he has.[LNB]"But on the other hand he has admitted that if any concrete offers come out of the current interest then he would seriously consider leaving Palermo this summer."[LNB]
