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Tottenham are preparing a monster £30 million bid for Brazilian striker Hulk to get over Gareth Bale’s imminent world record move to Real Madrid.

Boss Andre Villas-Boas refused to confirm his move for the Zenit St Petersburg forward after Spurs completed their second consecutive 1-0 win from the penalty spot.

Smarting after he was gazumped by former mentor Jose Mourinho in the chase for another box-office Brazilian, Willian, AVB wants to sign two more forwards before the transfer window shuts on September 2.

A £26m deal is in place to sign forward Erik Lamela who missed Roma’s Serie A match with Livorno last night to travel to London.

And Tottenham have agreed a £7.5m price with Steaua Bucharest for Romanian defender Vlad Chiriches, a move that broke down earlier in the month.

But now AVB is ready to smash Spurs’ record fee again with a deadline-busting move for Hulk.

Asked if he was closing in on a deal, Villas-Boas did not deny his interest, saying: “He is not our player, so I find it difficult to respond.”

But there were no sour grapes from AVB after Chelsea’s hijack of his swoop for Willian. He added: “Willian has made the choice to join Chelsea. He is a person I have a good relationship with and I wish him good luck - he made a choice he feels is important to his career.”

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Madrid are expected to thrash out a mind-blowing €99 million deal for Bale in the next 24 hours and possibly unveil their new Galactico as early as tomorrow.

With Spurs still yet to agree a deal for Real Madrid’s Fabio Coentrao, Villas Boas is also keen on Inter Milan’s 27-year-old defender Alvaro Pereira, who can play left back or left wing.

Meanwhile Carlo Ancelotti has hit back at Barcelona in the row over Bale’s fee.

Barca boss Tata Martino has slammed Bale’s £86million transfer fee describing the price tag as a “lack of respect for the world we live in”.

But Ancelotti has accused the Spanish champions, who snapped up Neymar for £51million this summer, of double standards.

The ex-Chelsea boss said: “I didn’t understand it. He hasn’t been here for long. he does not understand European football and does not understand how his own club works.

“Barcelona buy their players with money, too. It was certainly a strange thing to say