Tottenham will pull out all the stops to win the chase for Christian Wilhelmsson if Anderlecht agree to sell the Swedish wing wizard.
The highly-skilled 26-year-old is eager to leave the Belgian club at the end of the season and move to a more demanding European league.
Paris Saint-Germain and Fiorentina have already registered their interest in the left-sided star, but he has made it clear that the Premiership is where he would prefer to play his football.
Spurs were knocked back by Anderlecht chiefs when they tried to prise the Malmo-born midfielder away in January - a development which angered Wilhelmsson and made him even more determined to seek a transfer after the World Cup.
'Chippen' - a nickname derived from his prowess at lobbing goalkeepers - has also been tracked by Newcastle recently, but having played regular Champions League football in Brussels, he will want to continue to get European exposure - and that will surely be on offer at White Hart Lane.
Capped 27 times by his country to date, Wilhelmsson will feature strongly for Sweden in Germany this summer and will come up against England in Cologne on June 20.
The lad was great against us and impressed me a lot.
