Tottenham are prepared to smash transfer records to land Andy Carroll.
Spurs boss Harry -Redknapp and -chairman Daniel Levy are refusing to take “no” for an answer as they step up their £30million bid to prise the 22 year-old England international away from Newcastle.
The Toon dressing room is awash with talk that Spurs will make their move for -Carroll this week.
Previous attempts to interest Toon owner Mike Ashley with cash plus players such as Peter Crouch and Robbie Keane were rebuffed.
Sources close to Ashley have insisted the club will not cash in on Carroll at any price.
But Spurs plan to put that statement to the test.
The north London club are clearing the decks for a massive cash bid that could even exceed the previous highest fee for an English striker – the £25.6million Manchester United paid Everton for Wayne Rooney in 2004.
Spurs hope to use the cash from Keane’s £6m sale to bolster their bid for 22-year-old Carroll, who has scored 11 goals this season. And if Keane agrees to join Spurs -loanee David Bentley at -Birmingham it will free up the cash to almost -double -Carroll’s wages.
Spurs are desperate to recruit Geordie hitman Carroll to spearhead their attack in the Champions League knockout stages.
They aren’t put off by the fact he has sworn his -loyalty to his boyhood heroes after signing a -five-year deal earlier this season.
Ironically, Newcastle meet Spurs on Saturday, but Carroll is struggling to play in that game as he battles to -recover from a thigh -injury that will keep him out of today’s -Tyne-Wear derby at -Sunderland.
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