Sky Sports News understands that Tottenham have failed with a bid to land Atletico Madrid ace Sergio Aguero.

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understands that Tottenham have failed with a bid to land Atletico Madrid ace Sergio Aguero. The Argentine international, who has been closely linked to Chelsea and city-rivals Real Madrid in the past month, is said to have been the subject of an offer from Spurs.report that Spurs have bid £38.5million (€45million) for Aguero - but the bid was rejected, which does trigger his release clause but taxes mean the player would have to pay much more than that figure to buy himself out. Hours earlier Atletico Madrid president Enrique Cerezo underlined his commitment to keep Aguero. "It is unthinkable that Kun [Aguero's nickname] can go," he said. "Players play where they want to play, and Kun and Diego Forlan want to play at Atletico Madrid. "Offers, we have no offers, and we are not a selling club, we want to continue with these players that serve us well." Sky sources also understands Tottenham have had bids for Athletic Bilabo's Fernando Llorente, Villarreal's Giuseppe Rossi and Sevilla's Alvaro Negredo rejected as Spurs look to bring in a new striker before the close of the transfer window