Sporting CP president Frederico Varandas has confirmed turning down a bid from Tottenham for Bruno Fernandes.

Indeed, Varandas says Spurs' offer was the only serious one fielded for the midfielder.

He revealed: "We had bids, lots of enquiries, but the only serious bid was €45m from Tottenham, plus €20m for goals that were to win the Premier League and Champions League.

"After I turned down Tottenham's bid the next day, I came to the Academy to explain why I turned down the bid and to tell him that he had to stay here until the end of the market if no other bid came along.

"I want players with ambition to go to Premier League, who want to win the Champions and want to go to Real Madrid. I want that, but Bruno also realised that the offer they gave Sporting was not a fair value, and for this, no matter how good the relationship with a coach or player, I will never put that relationship ahead of Sporting's interests."