​It's been a relatively quiet summer for Mauricio Pochettino at White Hart Lane, wounded by their late-season surrender in the Premier League title race in May, but Tottenham Hotspur may finally be ready to buy some players.





Pochettino has added Victor Wanyama and Victor Janssen this summer but the fans are crying out for more, eager to see a strengthened squad after a frustrating end to last season, and Adrien Silva may be the answer to one or two of their prayers.

Spurs are looking to offload midfielders Ryan Mason & Nabil Bentaleb to raise funds for Adrien Silva [SundayExpress] pic.twitter.com/oQV6sPKyZU — Yiddicted (@Yiddicted) August 14, 2016

According to​ L'Equipe, Pochettino is preparing a £13m swoop for the Sporting Lisbon midfielder, who featured for Portugal during their triumphant Euro 2016 campaign.





Pochettino is eager for more reinforcements in central midfield with Nabil Bentaleb and Ryan Mason looking set to leave North London before the end of the transfer window and from which Spurs are looking to raise funds for the purchase of Silva.





Spurs will apparently face stiff competition from Premier League rivals Everton and erstwhile Italian giants AC Milan, who have both been monitoring the 27-year-old, who has made 160 appearances for Sporting after coming through their youth academy in 2002.

The club has also reportedly been rocked by Christian Eriksen's reported wage demands, with the Danish play-maker requesting £150k-a-week to stay at the club, double that of top earner Hugo Lloris.





The 24-year-old has two years left to run on his current £32k-a-week and his demands have surprised the club. Eriksen is being monitored by Juventus and Inter Milan after impressing during his time in the Premier League.

Tottenham Hotspur are plotting a £13M bid for Portugal international Adrien Silva in coming weeks [L'Equipe] #THFC pic.twitter.com/wCsHMHcPoM — Hotspur Hacker (@HotspurHacker) August 12, 2016







