Kanouté: There Have Been No Bids From Tottenham

Frédéric Kanouté has dismissed reports linking him with a return to Tottenham Hotspur to work with Juande Ramos once again and is instead intent on helping Sevilla cause a surprise.

The Mali international is just one name that the Premier League side has been associated with as they search for a new striker, but they have not made any bid to Sevilla.

Ramos bought Kanouté from Tottenham when he was in charge of Sevilla and could be tempted to re-sign him, but the player has insisted that nothing has been done.

"I can assure you that there has been no offers," he told AS.

Kanouté is looking forward to the start of the new campaign in Spain and believes that Sevilla have a very god squad that can upset the hierarchy in la Primera.

"We may not be the favourites for the league but I think that we can cause Real Madrid and Barcelona a surprise," he continued.

"I think this Sevilla squad is stronger than it has been in previous seasons and we always want to beat the teams that are going for the title."

It is exactly one year since Antonio Puerta died and left the city of Sevilla and Spanish football in shock and Kanouté admits that he has been remembering his friend.

"Antonio has never stopped being special to us and always will be, but on a day like this you do think about him even more," he added.

Lucas Brown, Goal.com