Tottenham sends scouts to Austria as £43million striker chase hots up

Antonio Conte wants a busy summer at Spurs but rivals are circling for some of his top targets

Tottenham unveiled their new kit for next season on Tuesday but Antonio Conte is still looking for a few new faces to put in it.

He has already got the signing of Ivan Perisic over the line but after winning his battle for backing from the Spurs hierarchy that promises to be just the start of a busy window.

Conte wants to sign the spine of a new team as his side plan for Champions League football, and he has money to spend after a timely £150m equity boost from owners ENIC.

Here, Mirror Sport rounds up the latest Tottenham transfer rumours

Spurs target offered to Real Madrid

Spanish newspaper Sport today carries a report claiming Manchester City striker Gabriel Jesus has been offered to Real Madrid.

That is potentially bad news for Spurs, who are already competing against Arsenal and Chelsea for the Brazil striker’s signature.

Sport claim Jesus will cost £42.6m and that Spurs, the Gunners and Real are ahead of Chelsea in the race.

Eriksen scouted by TEN clubs

Antonio Conte has spoken in glowing terms about how much he admires former Spurs star Christian Eriksen.

And according to Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet, Tottenham sent scouts to watch him in action for his national side this week.

Manchester United and West Ham were also among those who sent representatives to watch Eriksen in Denmark’s 2-1 win over Austria on Monday night.

Tottenham “too ambitious” for Bergwijn

Steven Bergwijn looks set to leave White Hart Lane this summer but has been warned that a move to Ajax would be a “step back” for him.

Tottenham want around £20m for the Dutch international winger, who is surplus to requirements despite making some big contributions off the bench last season.

Now, former Ajax star Wim Kieft has waded in on his future, saying: “Going back to Ajax is also taking a step back after playing at PSV and Tottenham Hotspur, right?

“He just wants to play football; Tottenham are just too ambitious for him.”