Tottenham are set to table a record breaking offer for Giovani Lo Celso in the coming days as the club prepare to spend around £100million on signing two midfielders, according to the Mirror.
The newspaper claim on their website that after seeing an initial £53million offer turned down by Real Betis, Spurs are willing to improve their offer and will return to the Spanish side with a new bid over the next couple of days.
It is stated that they are also willing to spend more on Tanguy Ndombele than they did on Davinson Sanchez, their current record signing at £42million, but that they will not come close to meeting the £71million valuation.
The report says that Tottenham have given the green light over manager Mauricio Pochettino’s demands that they spend big this summer, having not seen a single new recruit through the door since Lucas Moura’s arrival in January 2018.
Opinion
The earlier Tottenham get their new signings on board, the sooner they can get embedded into the squad and given the Pochettino treatment on the training ground. It is no wonder the manager wants the club to spend heavily this summer after proving what he can do without any investment at all over the last 18 months. A Champions League final and a top four finish is mightily impressive considering what their rivals have been spending but to expect anything near the same this time next year without new signings would be daft. Midfield has been an area where the Lilywhites have looked weak, especially since Mousa Dembele’s departure from north London and in Ndombele and Lo Celso they would be getting two talents who can bring very different things. The Frenchman is very much a physical presence in the centre of the park, offering a defensive shield to the back line while also being confident in possession. Lo Celso is more creative and will look to distribute the ball around the middle of the park and into the attacking third, bringing a vision and execution of pass that Eric Dier and Moussa Sissoko lack.