Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp will try again for Real Madrid striker Ruud van Nistelrooy in January. The People says Redknapp wanted to bring the player to White Hart Lane in the summer and could make another offer before the January transfer window after hearing the former Manchester United star is looking to leave the Bernabeu.
Redknapp is likely to allow Russian hitman Roman Pavlyuchenko leave in January but wants another top-notch forward to join Jermain Defoe, Robbie Keane and Peter Crouch.
Van Nistelrooy insisted he wanted to stay and fight for his place at Real in the summer after recovering from a knee operation. He scored as a sub in the first match of the season but picked up a calf injury which has since sidelined him. Now he accepts he is unlikely to start many matches for Real and is looking to the Premier League.
