Powerful: Alvaro Negredo has been offered to Tottenham on the cheap (Picture: Getty)

La Liga side Sevilla have offered Tottenham a cut-price deal for striker Alvaro Negredo after suffering a financial crisis.

The Andalusia-based club are currently reeling after it was revealed that they are almost £15million in debt, and facing years of budget cuts after gambles by the club’s owners.

President Jose Maria Del Nido confirmed the news at Sevilla’s AGM on Thursday, and announced that at least one of the team’s best players must be sold to aid recovery.

‘I am presenting the worst results of all my years,’ said Del Nido.

‘We have done badly, we have not taken the right road, and we have been making mistakes for two years.



‘Without selling players we will return to the mediocrity of the last decades. I want to aspire to something and not wander through the league without pain or glory.’

Sevilla have a host of top talents who could be sold to pay off the debt, including Jesus Navas, Diego Perotti, Ivan Rakitić and Frederico Fazio, but striker Negredo looks set to be the man sacrificed.

The 27-year-old has previously been a target for a host of Premier League clubs, and according to local paper El Confidencial, Sevilla have offered long-term admirers Tottenham a cut-price deal in January if they can rush through a deal.

Tottenham are rumoured to have enquired about Negredo last summer, only to be told he would cost in excess of £25million. But if Spurs can pay up front, Sevilla are now ready to do business for £17million.

It’s a hefty price tag, but given Andre Villas-Boas’ need for a new centre forward in the new year Negredo represents an ideal purchase.