Napoli president: No Spurs bid for Lavezzi

Argentine Lavezzi has caught the eye last season after forming one half of a lethal strike partnership with Uruguayan Edinson Cavani, which fired Napoli to a sensational third place finish in Serie A and Champions League qualification.

Spurs boss Harry Redknapp is thought to be on the lookout for attacking reinforcements after current strikers Jermaine Defoe, Roman Pavlyuchenko and Peter Crouch all endured underwhelming campaigns, but De Laurentiis denied the North Londoners had contacted him about Lavezzi.

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Gregg Davies

Gregg Davies is the Chief Sub Editor of FourFourTwo magazine, joining the team in January 2008 and spending seven years working on the website. He supports non-league behemoths Hereford and commentates on Bulls matches for Radio Hereford FC. His passions include chocolate hobnobs and attempting to shoehorn Ronnie Radford into any office conversation.