Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp confirms interest in Real Madrid striker Ruud van Nistelrooy

Tottenham Hotspur administrator Harry Redknapp has accepted that the arctic Londoners are in altercation with Real Madrid over the alteration of abounding Dutch hitman Ruud van Nistelrooy.

The adept striker has collapsed down the pecking adjustment in the Spanish basic due to the admirable anatomy of Gonzalo Higuain, Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Raul but the Dutchman has maintained a admirable goals to amateur arrangement in Spain, and has no curtailment of admirers.

"It’s absorbing but it depends what the accord is." Redknapp explained on Tuesday in a columnist conference.

"The administrator [Daniel Levy] would accord with that side, but he's an absorbing player," he added.

"He was absurd in England [with Manchester United], a abundant ambition scorer. If he was accessible it could be of interest."

Should a accord for the Dutchman be closed during January, again that will absolutely spell the end of Roman Pavlyuchenko's break at White Hart Lane.

"Pavlyuchenko is searching to move, but alone if anyone came in and if he absitively to go, and it was a acceptable offer," Redknapp added. "Otherwise it wouldn’t be possible.

"We couldn’t accept 5 strikers. It's difficult abundant with four. I acquisition it harder abrogation one out of picture. I'm absolutely not searching for 5 strikers