Brazilian star Leandro (PIcture REUTERS)

Tottenham will make a renewed effort to sign Brazil striker Leandro Damiao if they can unload Emmanuel Adebayor to Turkish club Besiktas.

Former Arsenal, Real Madrid and Manchester City striker Adebayor has no future at White Hart Lane as the Togo international has fallen behind club record signing Roberto Soldado and Jermain Defoe in Andre Villas-Boas’ rotation.

Besiktas have signalled their interest in signing the African striker but their move is dependant on reaching the group stages of the Europa League.

In order to achieve that objective, they would have to beat Tromso over two legs in the qualifying round encounter which starts tonight in Scandinavia.




Spurs have been linked with Internacional striker Leandro for the last couple of years but have been frustrated in their attempts to sign him.

However, the arrival of Paulinho at Spurs, taking the Brazilian quota at the club to three, could encourage the 24-year-old to get the deal done.