Fernando Llorente has agreed to sign for Tottenham, according to the Mail.
The newspaper’s transfer deadline day blog (11.41am) claimed that the Swansea striker is currently on the road travelling to London to put pen to paper on a deal with Spurs.
The Mail report that Tottenham have beaten off competition from Premier League champions Chelsea to land the 32-year-old forward in a stunning deadline-day deal.
Good move for Tottenham?
Yes. Llorente has pedigree, experience and a knack for finding the back of the net, a kind of older, less mobile and less prolific Harry Kane. Proven in the Premier League, he would be brilliant back-up for the Spurs talisman after showing last season he can score goals – 15 in the Premier League alone – for a struggling side. Aged 32, he does not represent one for the future, like most of the players Mauricio Pochettino prefers to sign, but he could do an excellent job for a season or two. Tall, technically sound, excellent in the air and with a penalty box instinct that Kane will approve of, Llorente has a distinguished record in Spain and England of knowing how to find the back of the net. He could be a brilliant acquisition. His arrival, should it happen, would pave the way for Vincent Janssen to leave. Llorente would undoubtedly be a considerable upgrade on the Dutch flop.
This Is Futbol rating: 9/10
Likely to happen?
Four years after getting beaten to Willian, it appears that Spurs about to get revenge by elbowing Chelsea aside to land Llorente. The heads of Tottenham fans are starting to spin at the prospect of ruining the Blues’ deadline-day plans as well as providing top-calibre reinforcement of their own squad. However, one word of warning is that Swansea could yet pull the plug on the deal if they fail to finalise the signing of Wilfried Bony as a replacement. This is likely to happen, but there are still some hurdles to overcome.
This Is Futbol rating: 9/10