Sporting Lisbon have decided to make a big gesture to show Joao Palhinha how much they want him amid interest from Tottenham.There have been contradictory updates regarding the future of Palhinha over the last few days as Tottenham and Sporting Lisbon battle it out for his signature.Some reports have suggested that Sporting Lisbon are confident of beating Spurs to Palhinha, while other outlets have claimed that Tottenham have already admitted defeat in their pursuit of the 30-year-old.However, a couple of days ago, TEAMtalk rubbished those claims, insisting that the Portugal international continues to favour a return to Spurs.Credit: @thefrederikkejensen / InstagramSporting Lisbon ready to offer sweeteners to convince Joao Palhinha to reject TottenhamAccording to Correio da Manha (as Sport Witness), Sporting are now ready to go above and beyond to show the experienced midfielder how badly they want him to return home.The club are preparing to make Palhinha the highest-paid player in their books if he greenlights a return to Lisbon.Sporting have also informed the former Fulham man that they are ready to make him club captain, with Morten Hjulmand expected to leave this summer.While Spurs seem unlikely to hand Palhinha the captain’s armband, Sporting’s top earner last season raked in around £64,000 per week, which would rank below even what Kevin Danso earns in N17.PlayerPositionCountryAnnual SalaryWeekly SalaryCristian RomeroDefenderArgentina£10,140,00£195,000Xavi SimonsMidfielderNetherlands£10,140,00£195,000James MaddisonMidfielderEngland£8,840,000£170,000Conor GallagherMidfielderEngland£8,320,000£160,000Randal Kolo MuaniForwardFrance£7,800,000£150,000Mohammed KudusMidfielderGhana£7,800,000£150,000Dominic SolankeForwardEngland£7,280,000£140,000Joao PalhinhaMidfielderPortugal£7,020,000£135,000Dejan KulusevskiForwardSweden£5,720,000£110,000RicharlisonForwardBrazil£4,680,000£90,000Micky van de VenDefenderNetherlands£4,680,000£90,000Radu DragusinDefenderRomania£4,420,000£85,000Pedro PorroDefenderSpain£4,420,000£85,000Ben DaviesDefenderWales£4,160,000£80,000Rodrigo BentancurMidfielderUruguay£3,900,000£75,000Archie GrayMidfielderEngland£3,900,000£75,000Destiny UdogieDefenderItaly£3,900,000£75,000Guglielmo VicarioGoalkeeperItaly£3,900,000£75,000Pape Matar SarrMidfielderSenegal£3,640,000£70,000Kevin DansoDefenderAustria£3,380,000£65,000Lucas BergvallMidfielderSweden£3,120,000£60,000Mathys TelForwardFrance£2,860,000£55,000Yves BissoumaMidfielderMali£2,860,000£55,000Wilson OdobertMidfielderFrance£2,080,000£40,000Djed SpenceDefenderEngland£2,080,000£40,000Antonin KinskyGoalkee[erCzechia£1,560,000£30,000SouzaDefenderBrazil£1,300,000£25,000Brandon AustinGoalkeeperEngland£780,000£15,000Sporting may face one major roadblock in Palhinha dealSport Witness also relay another report from O Jogo, which says that Palhinha is seen as the final piece of Sporting’s midfield jigsaw.The Portuguese club believe that signing the 30-year-old would have completed their midfield rebuild after moves for Issa Doumbia, Pedro Lima and Silas Andersen.Sporting would prefer to sign Palhinha on an initial loan deal with an option or obligation to buy him next summer.However, it is revealed that reaching such an agreement with Bayern Munich could prove ‘difficult’ as the Bundesliga club want to recover as much money as possible for the midfielder, who they paid €50m (£43m) for two years ago.READ MORE: Jose Mourinho wants to poach Tottenham star as Real Madrid join Man City in transfer raceThe post Sporting Lisbon prepare major punch in fight to beat Tottenham to Joao Palhinha, but it might not land appeared first on Spurs Web.