Ramos ready to splash out £9m on PSV's Gomes, the Brazilian octopus

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Tottenham boss Ramos has made 6ft 4in Brazilian Gomes, 27, his No.1 target after getting failing to land Espanyol's Carlos Kameni.

Gomes - nicknamed the Octopus because of his huge arms - dumped Spurs out of the UEFA Cup last season when he was the hero of PSV's penalty shootout win.

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But reports in the Mirror suggest Gomes wants to leave PSV and fancies a move to Spurs, especially as he is unhappy about the appointment of PSV's new goalkeeping coach Hans Segers, who was at Tottenham.

Ramos is desperate for a new keeper as Paul Robinson is on his way out this summer with Middlesbrough and Aston Villa looking at him.

Spurs fancied a swap deal with Manchester City's Joe Hart but that has gone cold as they do not want to let the England prospect go despite him being unhappy at earning just £3,000-a-week.

But after giving up on Hart and Kameni, Gomes is at the very top of their list and Spurs are ready to spend big again after buying Luka Modric for £16.8m, Giovani Dos Santos in an £8m deal and Crystal Palace whizzkid John Bostock.

They are also looking at Lazio's Swiss midfielder Valon Behrami and want a new striker with Real Zaragoza pair Sergio Garcia and Diego Milito on their hit-list as they prepare for Dimitar Berbatov's imminent departure.