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That Harry Redknapp would quite like to add a striker to his squad is one of the worst-kept secrets in football, and he has raised further funds to do so by selling Robbie Keane.


The Republic of Ireland captain completed a surprising and swift £3.5 million move to LA Galaxy - insert standard "he must have supported them as a kid" gag here - where he will play alongside the likes of David Beckham and Landon Donovan.

And as the 31-year-old's departure leaves Tottenham with just three first-team strikers in Jermain Defoe, Peter Crouch and Roman Pavlyuchenko - all of whom have been linked with exits during this transfer window - the need to sign an alternative before deadline day becomes all the more urgent.

The Lilywhites, who are 4.2 to finish the new campaign in a Champions League-paying position, are rumoured to remain keen on loaning Manchester City reserve Emmanuel Adebayor, though there are doubts as to whether Spurs can reach an agreement over his alleged £160,000-a-week wages.

Daniel Levy is reportedly only willing to contribute £60,000-a-week, and with Real Madrid still thought to be interested, the prospect of covering 62.5% of one of their players' pay packets while he represents a potential rival is unlikely to appeal much to the early joint-Premier League leaders.

Adebayor is just one of many names to have been appeared on Tottenham's radar this summer, with Giuseppe Rossi, Sergio Aguero, Diego Forlan, Mirko Vucinic and Bryan Ruiz among those mentioned at various stages without any deals being closed.

Another ambitious target is said to be Porto's star man last term Radamel Falcao, though the prolific Colombian has been quoted talking up his interest in a move to Atletico Madrid, claiming that "all players think about going to play in England, Spain or Italy - anyone who says they don't is lying".

Redknapp can perhaps take encouragement however from the fact that the 25-year-old is happy to turn his back on Champions League football for a club not in the competition, yet it will require a large sum to prise him away from the Europa League winners.


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