Spurs still in the Hunt as Real striker targets move to White Hart Lane

16 July 2009 01:00
Tottenham remain hopeful that Klaas-Jan Huntelaar's preference for a move to the Barclays Premier League will see Real Madrid accept payment in instalments for the Holland striker. Stuttgart have agreed a £15.5m fee with Real and are prepared to pay up front, but 25-year-old Huntelaar is stalling in the hope Spurs can thrash out a deal with the Spanish giants. Tottenham have offered staggered payments and the negotiations will not be made any easier by the fact £6m of any transfer fee is owed to Huntelaar's former club Ajax. Spurs bossHarry Reknapp sees the Dutchman as a perfect foil for Jermain Defoe and is prepared to offer a deal which comes close to the £65,000-a-week he earns at the Bernabeu. Redknapp will listen to offers for DarrenBent, Roman Pavlyuchenko and even Robbie Keane, but Bent's £16m pricetag has dented Sunderland's interest. Jamie O'Hara opened the scoring for Tottenham as they cruised to a 3-0 friendly win away to Exeter.   O'Hara netted in the first half when the ball broke to him on the edge of the Exeter area. The midfielder guided the ball through a packed area with a controlled left-foot shot after 34 minutes.   After the break good work by Luca Modric set up Aaron Lennon top make it 2-0 and Darren Bent completed the scoring for the Premier League side.

Source: Daily_Mail