Tottenham Hotspur still in the hunt to land South American striker

Published on February 2, 2012 by Matthew Wood · 3 Comments

Tottenham Hotspur are still keen on signing Wigan Athletic striker Hugo Rodallega, reports the Mirror.

Speculation on deadline day had suggested that Spurs could move for the Columbian international but the player has decided to stay at the DW Stadium until his contract runs out at the end of the season.

Instead, Tottenham signed French forward Louis Saha from Everton for an undisclosed fee as they replaced Roman Pavlyuchenko who returned home to Russia with Lokomotiv Moscow.

However, the Mirror claims that Tottenham will look to sign Rodallega when he becomes a free agent in the summer – although they could face competition from both Queens Park Rangers and Fulham with the former believed to have made a £4m bid that was rejected by Wigan.

Rodallega helped Wigan survive relegation from the Premier League on the last day of the 2010/11 campaign with a winning goal at Stoke City but the 25-year-old has returned just two goals in the league this season.

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Tags: Hugo Rodallega, Tottenham Hotspur, Wigan Athletic

Readers Comments (3)

lieutenant says:

February 2, 2012 at 1:06 pm

mr levy has been trying to sign top drawer strikers in several transfer windows expect upgrades in the summer… welcome and good luck two free transfers saha, nelsen c`mon!

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tony says:

February 2, 2012 at 1:32 pm

it looks like saha is a stop gap until the end of the season.at least we know his history.roman is now the second russian to fail at spurs.saha must do more then him.he cant do less.

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Bcee says:

February 2, 2012 at 4:19 pm

Thought this article might be about Damiao…

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