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Tottenham are struggling to offload flop Emmanuel Adebayor – as they seek the funds for a Christian Benteke bid, write Dave Kidd and Dean Jones of the Sunday People .

Spurs thought they had a £6million deal with Besiktas – but high-earning Adebayor is refusing to go, despite the Turks matching his £100,000-a-week wages.

Benteke, 22, made a transfer request this week but Aston Villa insist they will not sell him for less than £25m.

Meanwhile, Belgium’s Eden Hazard is trying to convince his fellow countryman to forget Spurs and join Chelsea.

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The Blues are willing to meet the valuation of Villa owner Randy Lerner, but Benteke is not convinced he would get enough games at Stamford Bridge.