Liverpool and Spurs are leading the chase for Wesley Sneijder.
He is still open to offers after being told he can leave by Inter Milan and was chased by Manchester United 18 months ago only for their interest to end over his personal demands.
Sneijder maintains he has not agreed a deal with any club but Milan are so keen to get the £200,000-a-week midfielder off their wage bill that they are willing to accept a cut-price £10million fee - a drop from the £14million they paid for him three years ago.
Sneijder said: "'Clearly it's best for everyone concerned that in January I am transferred.
"If that doesn't happen then I will stay. I have a contract with Inter until 2015.'
Inter Milan boss Andrea Stramaccioni has axed Sneijder from his squad and sent Sneijder on his mid-season break early after the Holland international reacted furiously to being told to take a pay cut.
Meanwhile, Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers is ready to pull the plug on Nuri Sahin's loan stay at the Kop from Real Madrid.
The little attacking midfielder has been a flop since his expensive season-long stint began and he is unable to get near to the side.
Now the Anfield club are looking into ways of cancelling the move halfway through its term - and saving around £3 million in the process.
Liverpool signed up for paying a year of Sahin's salary and also a rental fee to Real on top as he joined as one of Rodger's big captures.
But Sahin has been found wanting in the hurly-burly of the Premier League and the cash would be spent on sorting out the final details of Thomas Ince's move from Blackpool.
Ince is seen as a player with a full-time future at Liverpool and Sahin may be sacrificed to bring in extra funds to pay the Seasiders who are haggling over the current offer for their star attacker.
Real were happy to see Sahin go to Liverpool for first-team football, but they may be reluctant to take him back - unless they can find him another home.
Negotiations between the two giants are about to become serious, with Sahin's days on Merseyside numbered if agreement can be reached.
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