Tottenham’s Pedro Porro transfer ‘COLLAPSES at last minute after Sporting Lisbon U-turn leaving star distraught’

TOTTENHAM’s transfer move for Sporting Lisbon full-back Pedro Porro is OFF, according to reports.

The North London club were negotiating a £40million transfer for the 23-year-old Spain international.

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Porro was keen on sealing a January transfer with Emerson Royal, Matt Doherty and Djed Spence all doing little to impress Lilywhites boss Antonio Conte.

But according to The Athletic, a transfer is now OFF after Sporting “reneged on terms of the proposed deal”.

The defender has been left distraught by the deal’s collapse after Sporting president Frederico Varandas told him that he would be allowed to leave following Saturday’s Portuguese League Cup final.

Sporting lost the final 2-0 to rivals Porto with striker Paulinho getting sent off in the 72nd minute, and Porro appeared to wave goodbye to fans aterwards.

Now he looks set to miss out on the big career move despite talks reaching an advantaged stage, and it’s unclear whether Spurs will make one last attempt to get a deal over the line.

Sporting were eyeing a right-back of their own in ex-Arsenal ace Hector Bellerin.

Bellerin, 27, joined Barcelona on a free transfer from Arsenal last summer, but he has been limited to just seven appearances so far this season.

He has less than six months remaining on his current contract, but the LaLiga giants are open to offloading him before the end of the 2022-23 campaign.

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Sporting had originally planned to sign Tariq Lamptey on loan.

However, Brighton were unwilling to let him leave on a temporary basis.