Emmanuel Adebayor and Federico Fazio set to stay at Tottenham

The 31-year-old Togo international is not part of Mauricio Pochettino's first-team plans at Spurs and has been heavily linked with a move to either Aston Villa or West Ham over the duration of the transfer window.

A potential loan move to Upton Park was ruled out when the Hammers signed their second domestic loan player in Chelsea's Victor Moses, with Premier League rules stating no more than two players from the same division can be loaned out at one time.

That left Adebayor needing to be a free agent to seal a permanent move, but it is understood the former Arsenal and Manchester City forward wants the final year of his Tottenham deal paid up in full, a fee of around £5million, if the contract is to be terminated early.

If no arrangement can be made, he may be forced to remain at White Hart Lane at least until January.

In related news, Sevilla reportedly tried to re-sign Federico Fazio on loan from Tottenham Hotspur before taking Marco Andreolli from Inter.

Estadio Deportivo cites a report from Diario de Sevilla that claims Sevilla would have taken on the defender's wages and paid a fee to his current club.

Fazio is said to have doubled his salary when leaving Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan for White Hart Lane a year ago.

The player was willing to return to his old stomping ground but Spurs wouldn't agree a loan deal and instead wanted a permanent transfer at a cost of €10m, the same price they paid Sevilla.

It's said the deal was "millimetres away" from going through and Sevilla did everything they could to get an agreement, and Sevilla didn't care that Fazio did not leave in the best circumstances in 2014.

However it seems that Tottenham will now be stuck with both Adebayor and Fazio until January.