Valter Birsa played just 15 games for Milan last season[GETTY]
Birsa is available at a snip £4m and would have bolstered Mauricio Pochettino's midfield as Spurs gear up for a gruelling Premier League and Europa League campaign.
Yet reports from Sky Sports Italia suggest Milan want something other than cash for the the 27-year-old, with Moscow-born Finnish international Emerenko top of their list.
Midfiedler Emerenko has already attracted interest from Inter and Spurs' best hope of securing Birsa's signature is if Milan's Sin Siro rivals swoop in for the Emerenko before new manager Filippo Inzaghi finalises the swap deal.
Bisra, who has 66 Slovenia caps, joined Milan last summer from Genoa but failed to cement a place in the starting XI.
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