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Spurs to revive £7m Vlad Chiriches deal
TOTTENHAM's summer spending spree shows no signs of slowing down as they breathe life into a £7million move for Steaua Bucharest centre-back Vlad Chiriches.
Spurs thought they had wrapped up a deal for the Romanian international earlier this summer, only to be foiled after a last minute intervention from Steaua's jailed owner George Becali.
However, Tottenham could spring yet another surprise in this transfer window by sealing the signing of Chiriches after reviving the transfer in the last 24 hours.
The North-London club are only awaiting a work permit to be completed for the deal to go through, which shouldn't be a problem given the 23-year-old's 19 international caps for Romania.
If Spurs chairman Daniel Levy succeeds in bringing Chiriches to White Hart Lane, it would prove an astonishing U-turn from Steaua, with Becali having used his one phone call of the day whilst in prison to tell manager Mihai Stoica: "Who are Tottenham? I’m not a slave to anybody."
Meanwhile, Tottenham are also monitoring developments regarding Ajax duo Toby Alderweireld and Christian Eriksen.
Belgian defender Alderweireld, 24, and Danish midfielder Eriksen, 21, both have just a year left on their contracts at the Dutch giants.