IF ALL goes well, Wigan midfielder Wilson Palacios could be a Tottenham Hotspur player soon.

Wigan manager Steve Bruce has confirmed that a ?14 million ($31m) deal to sell the Honduran midfielder to Spurs has been 'virtually agreed'.

Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp is seeking to rejuvenate his side, which is stuck in the relegation zone.

England international Jermaine Jenas, who has attracted interest from Jose Mourinho's Inter-Milan, is rumoured to be up for sale to raise funds and make way for Palacios.

However, Palacios was at the Wigan training ground yesterday morning and Bruce has not given up hope of keeping the Honduran in his team, which only had its best ever Premier League run of nine unbeaten games ended by a 1-0 loss to Manchester United on Wednesday.

'The two clubs have virtually agreed a fee. It is now a question of how that fee should be paid,' said Bruce.

'It is up to us as a selling club to demand what we want in terms of how we should be paid and how it should be structured. We will see what happens.

'Wilson is still with us and I'm preparing him to play against Manchester City tomorrow.

'That's the situation at the moment, but we will see what happens in the next few hours.'

If the deal goes through, it would be a tremendous piece of business by Wigan, who signed the 24-year-old from Deportivo Olimpia for around ?1 million a year ago.

Bruce said: 'You look at what we bought him for and what we might sell him for and it is quite remarkable.

'But as a manager, you don't want to lose one of your best players.

'Of course we have to be realistic, which I am.

Bigger contracts

'We are Wigan Athletic and if it is the wish of the player (to leave) all these things have to be taken into consideration.

'Spurs can offer bigger contracts than us. They can blow us out of the water, but it would be like losing my right arm.

'The last thing I want to do is dismantle my team.

'Wilson has come from nowhere to being one of the best midfield players in the country.

'When we played Manchester United in midweek at Old Trafford, it didn't faze him at all and at his age he can only get better.' - PA Sport.