According to the Mirror, Spurs and Southampton have agreed to an £11m deal to bring the Kenyan to White Hart Lane.

There may be an actual real Tottenham Hotspur transfer news emerging! According to the Mirror, Spurs have reached an agreement to sign Southampton’s Victor Wanyama for £11m, with a medical expected in the next few days.

The report says that the 25-y

ear old Wanyama, who has been tipped to leave Saints since Ronald Koeman departed the club for Everton, rejected a move to champions Leicester City in order to reunite with former manager Mauricio Pochettino.

Pochettino has long had an interest in bringing Wanyama to Tottenham. Last summer, Soton apparently rejected a transfer deadline day bid from Spurs of £20m, apparently out of spite that Spurs had just poached Toby Alderweireld from them. Now, if the Mirror is correct, Spurs may be close to landing him for just over half that amount. Wanyama’s contract apparently expires at the end of this coming season, he’s reportedly refused to sign an extension, and Saints are ready to cut bait.

We’ve written a fair amount about Wanyama already. He’s not the most exciting of signings but he does provide adequate competition-and-slash-or backup for Eric Dier at defensive midfield. He’s also had the benefit of working with Pochettino before, so Poche knows him and knows what he can do. If Poche thinks he’s good enough to play and succeed at a Champions League caliber club, then I trust his judgement. Plus, the price is pretty good: if Spurs were willing to spend £20m for him last summer, getting him for £11m would be a pretty good deal.

The article also suggests that Spurs offered Ryan Mason and Nabil Bentaleb in part-exchange, but Southampton turned them both down. LOL.

This is the Mirror, so of course we note this story with a healthy dose of skepticism. Still, it’s written in a lot more direct fashion than their usual transfer rumors, and it’s been clear that Spurs have been kicking the tires on Wanyama for a while now. This, Michy Batshuayi/Vincent Janssen, and perhaps another black-box midfielder would make for a pretty decent window.

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Tottenham plan to step up efforts to sign Franck Kessie

Tottenham Hotspur are reportedly planning to accelerate their efforts to sign Barcelona star Franck Kessie this summer, as per the Italian outlet Calciomercato.

Spurs have already purchased James Maddison from Leicester City in a £40m deal to strengthen their engine room. However, it appears the North London club are looking to sign a second midfield option in this transfer window as a replacement for Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg – who has heavily been linked with a move to Atletico Madrid.

Several players have been mentioned as potential targets for Ange Postecoglou’s side with Conor Gallagher and Douglas Luiz being among them, but Kessie is now emerging as a serious option.

Having enjoyed a brilliant time with AC Milan, helping the Rossoneri win the Scudetto in the 2021/22 season, the 26-year-old opted to join Barcelona as a free agent last summer.

However, the move hasn’t panned out for the Ivory Coast international as he struggled to find regular first-team football under Xavi Hernandez last term. So, speculation surrounding his future continues to grow in recent times and it has been suggested that the Blaugrana are ready to cash-in on Kessie to raise funds in order to strengthen other areas of the squad.

Kessie to Tottenham

According to the report by Calciomercato, Tottenham are planning to accelerate their efforts to sign Kessie and the Lilywhites will hold direct talks with Barcelona next week when they travel to Camp Nou to face off against the Catalan giants in the Gamper trophy.

The report further claims that Tottenham are ‘ready to welcome’ the African to the newly renovated White Hart Lane and their excellent relationship with Barcelona could help them broker a deal for the midfielder this summer.

However, Calciomercato states that securing Kessie’s signature won’t be straightforward for Spurs as Juventus are also keen on signing him and they have already submitted an official proposal to acquire his service.

But, the report says that Kessie don’t want to move to Old Lady of Turin and he is eager to play in the Premier League if he is to leave in this transfer window.

Kessie – valued at around £21m by Transfermarkt – is an extremely talented player and possesses the necessary qualities to flourish in the Premier League so, he would be a great coup for Spurs if they sign him this summer.