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Steve Bruce is stepping up his bid to make Tottenham’s Danny Rose his fourth summer signing for Hull.

The Tigers boss wants to take his close-season spending spree to £22million by rescuing former England Under-21 international left-back Rose from his White Hart Lane nightmare.

Rose, 24, has racked-up just 57 appearances for Spurs since joining from Leeds for £1m seven years ago.

And the Doncaster-born defender knows he faces being out in the cold again next season if he stays with the North London giants.

Mauricio Pochettino made the signing of a left-back his priority after being named as Tottenham’s new manager at the end of last term.

He lost out to Manchester United in the battle to snare Luke Shaw from his old side Southampton, but is set to complete the £8m capture of Swansea’s Welsh international Ben Davies in the next few days.

And Pochettino knows he can claw back the bulk of that outlay by selling Rose to Hull for £6m.

Rose has two years remaining on his contract at Spurs, but a source revealed: "His future there is looking bleak. At best, he’s going to be a bit-part player, and that’s not what Danny wants at this stage of his career. He needs to be with a club who can give him regular first-team football.

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“Danny’s progress has been affected by loan moves and a number of niggling injuries, and now Pochettino has come in and highlighted the left-back position as one that needs to be urgently addressed.

“A move back to his native Yorkshire could be just the job for Danny - and it would be a perfect fit for Hull. If Steve Bruce wants to play a flat back-four, Danny can perform as an orthodox left-back. If he wants to utilise a 3-5-2 system, then Danny is equally comfortable as a wing-back.”

Bruce, who is looking for a successor to the ageing Maynor Figueroa, snapped-up midfielder Tom Huddlestone from Tottenham for £5.25m a year ago.

Last month, he handed the north Londoners another £8m for fellow midfielder Jake Livermore following the England star’s hugely successful season on loan with the Yorkshire outfit.

And Bruce followed that up by forking out another £8m to bring in Robert Snodgrass from relegated Norwich and nabbing the Scot's fellow winger Tom Ince at the end of his contract with the Championship side Blackpool.