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Tottenham in pursuit of Sevilla's Colombian striker Carlos Bacca
TOTTENHAM are tracking Sevilla’s Colombian hot-shot Carlos Bacca.
Paul Mitchell, head of recruitment at White Hart Lane, saw Bacca score in Sevilla’s 3-2 Europa League win in Germany against Borussia Monchengladbach on Thursday night.
Bacca helped Sevilla win the competition last season after a successful spell in Belgium with Bruges.
He has scored 28 goals in 59 league games for the Spanish club and was in Colombia’s World Cup squad last year.
Bacca has a £22million buy-out clause in his Sevilla contract, which runs until 2018.
A potential stumbling block to a deal being agreed is Bacca’s age – he is 28.
Spurs chairman Daniel Levy prefers younger signings but Tottenham have been impressed with Bacca.
But Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino has a big decision to make today on who is in goal for the Capital One Cup Final against Chelsea.
France’s Hugo Lloris is Spurs’ first-choice keeper but Dutchman Michel Vorm has been their regular stopper in the League Cup.
Meanwhile, Spurs legend Glenn Hoddle fears their Europa League exit will put a major dent in his former club’s chance of glory today.
Pochettino’s dejected outfit face Chelsea in the final at Wembley on the back of a disastrous defeat at the hands of Fiorentina.
And Hoddle, 57, who bossed both Spurs and the Blues, believes the horror show in Italy could leave the White Hart Lane side short of confidence.
He said: “A defeat would be a massive blow for them after the Fiorentina loss. One defeat could carry on to the next.
“The pressure has built because they have gone out of the Europa League and don’t have that to fall back on.
“That result has got to have an impact at Wembley – both in the physical side of having to travel and mentally after losing.”
Yet Hoddle offers a glimmer of hope for Tottenham against Jose Mourinho’s troops in the shape of Christian Eriksen and Harry Kane.
He added: “Eriksen and Kane are obviously the two who could hurt Chelsea.
“Eriksen has come up with some important goals and Kane is on fine form. But can he peak in a cup final?
“That’s what every Spurs fan wants. I don’t think there’s pressure on him, he just goes out and does his stuff.
“He’s young and hasn’t put any pressure on himself.”
Tottenham in pursuit of Sevilla's Colombian striker Carlos Bacca
TOTTENHAM are tracking Sevilla’s Colombian hot-shot Carlos Bacca.
Paul Mitchell, head of recruitment at White Hart Lane, saw Bacca score in Sevilla’s 3-2 Europa League win in Germany against Borussia Monchengladbach on Thursday night.
Bacca helped Sevilla win the competition last season after a successful spell in Belgium with Bruges.
He has scored 28 goals in 59 league games for the Spanish club and was in Colombia’s World Cup squad last year.
Bacca has a £22million buy-out clause in his Sevilla contract, which runs until 2018.
A potential stumbling block to a deal being agreed is Bacca’s age – he is 28.
Spurs chairman Daniel Levy prefers younger signings but Tottenham have been impressed with Bacca.
But Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino has a big decision to make today on who is in goal for the Capital One Cup Final against Chelsea.
France’s Hugo Lloris is Spurs’ first-choice keeper but Dutchman Michel Vorm has been their regular stopper in the League Cup.
Meanwhile, Spurs legend Glenn Hoddle fears their Europa League exit will put a major dent in his former club’s chance of glory today.
Pochettino’s dejected outfit face Chelsea in the final at Wembley on the back of a disastrous defeat at the hands of Fiorentina.
And Hoddle, 57, who bossed both Spurs and the Blues, believes the horror show in Italy could leave the White Hart Lane side short of confidence.
He said: “A defeat would be a massive blow for them after the Fiorentina loss. One defeat could carry on to the next.
“The pressure has built because they have gone out of the Europa League and don’t have that to fall back on.
“That result has got to have an impact at Wembley – both in the physical side of having to travel and mentally after losing.”
Yet Hoddle offers a glimmer of hope for Tottenham against Jose Mourinho’s troops in the shape of Christian Eriksen and Harry Kane.
He added: “Eriksen and Kane are obviously the two who could hurt Chelsea.
“Eriksen has come up with some important goals and Kane is on fine form. But can he peak in a cup final?
“That’s what every Spurs fan wants. I don’t think there’s pressure on him, he just goes out and does his stuff.
“He’s young and hasn’t put any pressure on himself.”
Tottenham in pursuit of Sevilla's Colombian striker Carlos Bacca
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