Tottenham told to forget about signing Bayer Leverkusen hitman Stefan Kiessling

Bayer Leverkusen have told Tottenham to forget about signing striker Stefan Kiessling.

Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino revealed this week that he is chasing attacking reinforcements during the January transfer window to ease the burden on Harry Kane.

That has led to speculation Tottenham may swoop for Kiessling, who has scored 50 Bundelisga goals in the past three seasons.

However, Bayer Leverkusen boss Roger Schmidt has now poured cold water on that rumour and vowed to keep the Germany international.

"This topic is zero per cent for both Stefan and myself," Schmidt told Sport1.??

"We have already lost many players in the summer who played here for a long time and it created a small problem in the first half of the season.

"I am not at all thinking about selling the next experience player [in January] again.";