Jackson Martinez is a target for Tottenham (Picture: Getty)

Tottenham are ready to make an £18million offer for Porto striker Jackson Martinez at the end of the season.

Martinez, who is rated as one of the best forwards in Europe, is widely expected to move during the summer transfer market – with a switch to the Premier League his priority.

Arsenal and Chelsea have previously been linked with the Colombian, but after his agent arrived in England this week to speak to clubs, Spurs have jumped the queue.

It’s thought that chairman Daniel Levy met with Martinez’s representative and discussed a switch to White Hart Lane – and an offer worth £18million is now set to be lodged.


Daniel Levy has been a busy bee (Picture: Getty)

Levy is keen to push ahead with the transfer even though the club don’t have a new manager lined up to replace the outgoing Tim Sherwood.



Tottenham’s swoop for Martinez will come less than 12 months after their last big splurge on a striker, when the club spent £20million on Roberto Soldado.

Spurs will desperately hope for a better outcome if Martinez can be forced out of Porto this summer.