Spurs Eye Ecuadorian Deal

Tottenham are in talks to seal a co-operation deal with Ecuadorian club Independiente del Valle.

And as part of initial talks, Spurs have agreed a deal to take six of their brightest talents on trial.

Tottenham have personally picked out Junior Sornoza, Freddy Araujo, Jonathan Gonzalez, Carlos Grueso, Winter Ayovi and Sebastian Mendez to bring to England.

Of those only Somoza and Araujo are over 16, with the former having starred at this summer's South American Under-20 championship for Ecuador.

Independiente confirmed that the move was part of talks that would see them link-up with Tottenham.

"They have been talking with us since the South American Championship," director Santiago Morales told La Deportiva.

"It has been going slow because we were waiting on the papers to travel to England.

"And this is not only Junior Sornoza, as the Tottenham scout has picked out six boys.

"The idea is that we start a co-operation with Tottenham.

"They will now spend October 3rd to October 12th with Spurs, and hopefully this will take the partnership in the right direction as they are very interested, as we are.

"The idea of the relationship is also the idea of Tottenham players may come to Ecuador, and obviously our players travel to England.

"This will give them the chance to share the experience of South American and European players."