Tottenham have taken a huge step towards bringing Tanguy Ndombele to north London after finally agreeing a fee with Lyon.
Spurs have agreed to pay an initial €62million (£55.45m), while the overall deal could rise to over £63m due to future incentives.
The deal will smash Tottenham’s club-record fee set when Davinson Sanchez arrived from Ajax in 2017 for £42m, and could be the club’s first signing since the arrival of Lucas Moura in January 2018.
Ndombele, who has already been shown round Tottenham’s training ground, is expected to sign a five-year-deal which will see him become one of the club's highest-paid players, a considerable increase on his current wage, thought to be between £50,000-£60,000-a-week.
The 22-year-old made 49 appearances across all competitions last season, particularly impressing in the Champions League as Lyon took four points off Manchester City in the group stage and held Barcelona to a draw in the last-16 first leg.
Tottenham are also set to complete the signing of Leeds United’s teenage winger Jack Clarke and remain in pole position to sign Fulham's Ryan Sessegnon but much of their business depends on the future of current first-team players, including playmaker Christian Eriksen and right-back Kieran Trippier.
