Tottenham have ‘genuine interest’ in £39m star at Hotspur Way

Tottenham Hotspur have a ‘genuine interest’ in Sporting CP defender Pedro Porro, journalist Dean Jones has informed GiveMeSport.

Spurs currently have three options at right wing-back within their first-team squad, but none have impressed under the tutelage of manager Antonio Conte.

Tottenham Hotspur transfer news – Pedro Porro

Portuguese outlet Correio da Manhã (via Sport Witness) claim that Tottenham’s director of football Fabio Paratici is now ‘preparing to formalise’ a bid for Porro with the winter transfer window fast approaching.

The offer is expected to total the Spain international’s minimum fee release clause, which is currently set at €45 million (£38.7m).

It’s also claimed that Spurs’ interest in Porro is ‘making people talk’ in Portugal, not least because Manchester City, the side who sold him to Sporting over the summer, are said to possess a 30% sell-on clause.

However, Tottenham reportedly want to use former winger Marcus Edwards as a pawn in negotiations to whittle down Porro’s price tag, with the former’s sell-on clause proving crucial.

When Sporting signed the 24-year-old from the capital club, they were promised 50% of a future sale, yet Paratici and co are now supposedly willing to forego that agreement for a discount on Porro.