Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp has denied speculation linking the club with a move for Fernando Torres in exchange for Luka Modric.
Chelsea are rumoured to still be interested in signing the Croatian after having several bids for him before the 2011/12 campaign, but English Premier League rivals Spurs are reluctant to let such a vital player leave as they chase a top-four finish.
Torres has scored just four times this season and has been linked with a cut-price exit from the club, less than a year after joining Chelsea for 50 million pounds from Liverpool.
Redknapp, however, has rubbished rumours of a move to White Hart Lane.
No I have never heard that one, he told Sky Sports News.
I think Torres is starting to look the player that we all know he can be, the player he was at Liverpool he is a top player, no doubt that about it.
But there is no way he is coming to Tottenham and no swap deal in the offing for Luka Modric. I think they will get the best out of him.
Modric has been a key player for Tottenham since joining from Dinamo Zagreb in 2008 and the Spurs boss is confident that a new deal can be agreed for the Croatian international.
I don t know where they are but hopefully the chairman will come to agreement and he signs a new contract. He has got a long contract anyway, he said.
Redknapp saw his side held 1-1 at home by Wolves on Saturday, and confirmed after the match that he would be travelling to France to watch long-term Spurs target Loic Remy during Marseilles Ligue 1 clash with Lille on Sunday.
I am off to watch Marseille, I am going to go and have a look at him (Remy). We have had reports I watched him 18-months, two years ago. I doubt anything will come of it but we are looking, he said.
