Tottenham to offer £14m for Sevilla's Alberto Moreno with Roberto Soldado on loan as part of deal

Spurs join race for left-back with Liverpool and Chelsea also interested

Flop striker Soldado offered to Sevilla on season-long loan

Reds lead chase thanks to offer of Champions League football



Moreno part of Spain's provisional World Cup squad, but cut from final 23

Tottenham have hijacked Liverpool's move for Sevilla left back Alberto Moreno by tabling a £14million offer plus Roberto Soldado on loan and including midfielder Etienne Capoue .



Moreno is one of the hottest properties in Spain at the moment and has attracted interest among England's elite including Chelsea and Liverpool.

The Anfield club were thought to be leading the race to sign the exciting 21-year-old. But new Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino wants to make Moreno his first summer signing and has given the green light to the lucrative offer.

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Things are hotting up: Roberto Soldado, pictured on holiday in Ibiza, could be used in a swap deal

Sea change: Soldado was bought by Spurs for £26m last summer but now will be used as a makeweight in the deal for Sevilla full back Alberto Moreno

Premier League bound? Tottenham have joined the race for Alberto Moreno (right)

Attracting attention: Moreno's (left) performances for Sevilla have also alerted Chelsea and Liverpool

Cut: Moreno (back) is a Spain international but narrowly missed out on their World Cup squad

Pochettino has made the capture of a new left-back a top summer priority and will now go toe-to-toe with Brendan Rodgers to get his man.



Liverpool have offered £20m for the defender, but Sevilla value Moreno at £25m.

However the Reds are still favourites to land Moreno due to their participation in next season's Champions League.

It remains unclear what Sevilla's response to Spurs' offer has been, but the Spanish club will hope for a bidding war between Liverpool and Tottenham in the coming days.

Future potential: Moreno has three caps for Spain at just 21-years-old

Anguish: Roberto Soldado has been offered to Sevilla on loan as part of the deal having scored just two Premier League goals from open play in his first season at Tottenham

Frustration: Soldado joined Spurs in a £26million move from Valencia but struggled to adapt to the first team

They have also thrown in Capoue, who cost £8million, but will move to Seville for nothing, although Spurs retain 50 per cent of his re-sale fee.



Interestingly, Tottenham's decision to include Soldado as part of the deal raises serious question marks over the striker's future at White Hart Lane.



The forward arrived from Valencia last summer with the reputation of being a prolific goalscorer, but failed to live up to his billing as he struggled for goals in his first season.



And it now looks like he has been deemed surplus to requirements by Pochettino.

Sweeping changes: Mauricio Pochettino is preparing for his first season as Spurs boss after resigning from Southampton