Reports in Portugal and the UK are claiming that Tottenham Hotspur and Leicester City have been told by Sporting Lisbon that £26m will be enough to prise away their captain Adrien Silva.

However, football.london understands that Mauricio Pochettino has no interest in bringing the Portugal international to north London.

Any mooted moves for the 28-year-old or 34-year-old Juventus defender Dani Alves, as some have been reporting, are wide of the mark and do not fit Spurs' transfer policy this summer.

Silva may have been part of Portugal's Euro 2016-winning side and netted six goals and laid on three assists in 36 appearances as one of the key player of Sporting's engine room, but he is not a target for the Lilywhites.

Tottenham will not veer away this summer from the model that has served them well in recent years, bringing in young talented players and allowing manager Mauricio Pochettino to develop them, alongside the older heads already at the club.

That has worked to perfection with the likes of Dele Alli and Eric Dier being developed by the coaches into top Premier League players and there is a similar belief that Harry Winks will be the next star to make the headlines among the young Tottenham squad.

The 21-year-old enjoyed a fine breakthrough season, making 33 appearances in all competitions before picking up an ankle injury. Pochettino trusted him during some big matches and sees him as a serious contender to have a long-term future in the deep lying midfield slots in the centre of his team, with his clever passing, composure, tactical discipline and energy.

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Any move for a player like Silva would block the progress of Winks in a midfield area already crowded with the likes of Mousa Dembele, Victor Wanyama and Dier.

Josh Onomah has also been backed to play more games for Spurs next season by Pochettino and the 20-year-old showed as England won the U20 World Cup in South Korea that he can excel in his natural position - again in a deeper lying midfield role.

A similar mentality will prevent Spurs moving for any experienced central defenders this summer as Pochettino looks to give more game-time to teenager Cameron Carter-Vickers, while 20-year-old full-back Kyle Walker-Peters will also be given minutes this season.

While there have been some question marks over the acquisitions of young players such as Vincent Janssen and Georges-Kevin Nkoudou last summer, the model is still seen as the way to go at Spurs as even those young players can be developed or at least retain much of their sell-on value.

The one major blot on the club's recent transfer copybook was the £30m joint club record purchase of 27-year-old Moussa Sissoko from Newcastle United.

The France international struggled to find his feet at Spurs and has been derided by the fans. Tottenham learned an expensive lesson with that transfer - although chairman Daniel Levy may yet be able to get most if not all of their money back on the player.

The targets this summer are going to be young players with top flight experience, such as the likes of Ross Barkley and Thomas Lemar, while emerging younger talents such as Ryan Sessegnon and Vincent Marcel are also being closely monitored.

With Spurs improving every season using a model that fits both Pochettino and Levy, don't expect them to fix something that isn't broken.