Harry Redknapp reckons he can tempt Patrick Vieira back to London

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The 33-year-old is set to leave Inter Milan and has received a host of offers from clubs across Europe including Birmingham City, Bordeaux and Lyon.

But Spurs boss Harry Redknapp believes he is winning the race to sign the Frenchman on a two-year contract and is prepared to use Jermaine Jenas as a makeweight in the deal. Inter manager Jose Mourinho remains an admirer of Jenas from his time in charge at Chelsea and is keen to involve the 26-year-old in any agreement.

Vieira may still need convincing over a return to the Premier League, especially to the bitter rivals of the club where he made his name.

He won three League titles and four FA Cups in nine years at Arsenal, where he became the lynchpin of Arsene Wenger's side.

Vieira's last kick in an Arsenal shirt sealed victory in the 2005 FA Cup final penalty shoot-out over Manchester United.

Redknapp is also mulling over the future of Pascal Chimbonda, who has struggled in his second Spurs spell since rejoining from Sunderland in January.

The defender has been earmarked as one of the players Redknapp is willing to sell in order to raise transfer funds.

Chimbonda has already been linked with Portsmouth and Panathinaikos as Tottenham look set to replace him with Sheffield United defender Kyle Naughton but the France international does not want to leave.

He said: "It is the coach who will take the decision. For my part I have heard nothing. I had some lows and some highs last season and it is up to me to lift my head.

"Everyone starts from zero and therefore I will play the best I can to do well this season with Tottenham. I like to play in England, I feel respected there."

However, the 30-year-old admits that if Redknapp wants to sell him he would be interested in a return to the French League, adding: "This is something that could motivate me but not for just any club.

"It would have to be a club such as Bordeaux, Marseille, Lyon or Paris St Germain."