Jenas becomes loan target for Leeds

The 27-year-old is firmly out of favour at Tottenham Hotspur and a deal to join Sunderland only collapsed on the final day of the summer transfer window.

Leeds manager Neil Warnock is looking to strengthen in midfield after losing David Norris to injury for a month.

Paul Green had earlier been ruled out for a lengthy period, while Michael Brown is struggling with a hamstring strain ahead of this weekend’s visit to Cardiff City.

Jenas, capped 21 times by England, would be an impressive addition and sources in London suggest Spurs are ready to loan out the midfielder on the understanding he plays regularly.

A substantial percentage of his wages would be paid by the Premier League club, who are believed to be insisting that any interested party has to take Jenas for the full 93 days possible under the emergency loan window rather than just the month that Leeds would prefer.

On his search for new players, Warnock said: “We are going to have to use it (loan market) sensibly. If we lose two or three, we will have to do it, and that is what we are looking to do.

“We have asked about a couple of midfield players and we should know early this week because we need someone in there. We are looking at what there is around. Rodolph Austin is also away this week (with Jamaica) and will have had two games to play so we are hoping he comes back okay.”