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Tottenham boss Mourinho desperate to sign PSG defender Thiago Silva

Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho is determined to land Thiago Silva this summer.

PSG have announced Silva, 35, will leave once his contract expires at the end of the season.

Everton and Arsenal are both interested in the Brazil international.

But The Sun says Mourinho wants the experienced centre-back at Spurs.

Silva has confirmed he wants to stay in Europe, leaving the Premier League's top clubs wanting his signature.

But Silva's £350,000-a-week contract at PSG could be a stumbling block in negotiations with the notoriously frugal Spurs chief Daniel Levy.

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