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Tottenham are thought to be eyeing up a move for Steaua Bucharest defender Vlad Chiriches.

Sky Italia's Gianluca Di Marzio claims Spurs are lining up an €8million (£6.94million) bid for the 23-year-old Romanian international, who has featured 18 times for his country.

He only joined his current club in October last year and scored three goals in 10 Europa League appearances, helping them to a last-16 place, where they were knocked out by eventual winners Chelsea.

Andre Villas-Boas already has a raft of defenders in his squad, but saw Jan Vertonghen stretchered off in Spurs' 3-1 defeat against Sunderland in Hong Kong last week.

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"He might have sprained the ligaments in his left ankle," Villas-Boas said after the game. "He will need to have an MRI scan to establish the full extent of the problem.

"But there is some range of movement, so we have to hope it won't be that long. Hopefully he'll be back for the first game of the season."

Chiriches featured in 26 league matches for his club last season and could provide further cover at the back for Spurs.

Oh yeah, and he scored this stunner: