According to an early edition of the London Evening Standard, Spurs are "closing in on Udinese striker Vincenzo Iaquinta as replacement for £2 million flop Grzegorz Rasiak."

The articles claims that Iaquinta: " "is rated as one of the top hold-up strikers in Serie A and is likely to cost Spurs at least £7M."

"The club's sporting director Damien Comolli is understood to have flown to Italy last week in a bid to broker as fee for the player who is expected to be in Italy's World Cub squad."