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Tottenham will make a £15million bid for West Brom’s rising star Saido Berahino this week, writes Alan Oliver in the Sunday People.

Manager Mauricio Pochettino has made the Baggies striker a priority.

And with Spurs’ Emmanuel Adebayor in talks with Aston Villa as a potential replacement for Liverpool-bound Christian Benteke, Pochettino now has room to bring in the 21-year-old.

Tottenham watched Berahino’s progress last ­season with great interest, but never made a bid.

That will change in the next few days though, with Pochettino determined to bring the player to White Hart Lane.

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West Brom are in the midst of a takeover and are likely to hold out for more than the north Londoners’ opening offer.

But they know that Berahino, who was called up by England boss Roy Hodgson last season and selected for the Under-21 European Championship only to ­withdraw through injury, is ambitious.