Eagles defender Taye Taiwo tired of making cameo appearances for his French club Olympic Marseille, said that a move to Tottenham Hotspur of England will do his career a world of good.

IMPREGNABLE ••• Eagles defender, Taye Taiwo stops an opponent in one of his numerous outings for Nigeria. The defender is wanted in England by Spurs.

Taiwo who had a poor outing with the Eagles at the World Cup has a contract with Marseille till 2012 but he itching to leave after six years at Stade Velodrome.

Spanish outfit Atletico Madrid have had a €5million bid for the player turned down, and Taiwo now wants to secure regular first-team football. “If I stay in Marseille I want to play week in week out. I am a football player not someone to sit on the bench and get paid,” he told skysports.com.

“My ambition has always been to play at the top level. Spurs are a fantastic team in the best league.
“Atletico Madrid is a very good team as well in the Champions League, so I would be interested by those two teams.
“Marseille is my team at the moment and I have a contract with them, so let’s wait and see. In the next two weeks things might move on.”

Taiwo was forced to settle for a place on the bench during the second-half of last season after manager Didier Deschamps opted to play Gabriel Heinze in his position.