BBC Sport says the Uruguay international is among a shortlist of attacking targets drawn up by Spurs boss Juande Ramos.
Blackburn striker Roque Santa Cruz and Diego Milito of Real Zaragoza are also thought to be under consideration, but newspaper links to Sevilla's Fredi Kanoute are wide of the mark.
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