Tottenham are expected to sign Antonio Nus from Club Brugge, with Spurs beating Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool to sign him.
Spurs were one of the most active clubs in the Premier League in the January transfer window, with Timo Werner joining RB Leipzig until the end of the season and Radu Dragusin moving to Tottenham from Serie A side Genoa for £26 million.
Ange Postecoglou also saw a number of players leave the Premier League: Djed Spence, Sergio Reguilon, Japhet Tanganga, Eric Dier and Ashley Phillips left the club on loan, while Hugo Lloris went permanently to LAFC from Major League Soccer.
However, their deal is not yet complete, as they are now reported to be on the verge of completing a third transfer in the January transfer window.
Belgian newspaper HLN has confirmed that Brugge winger Nusa is “apparently on his way to Tottenham”, although a deal is “not yet done”.
Barring any surprises, Tottenham are expected to pay the Belgian team €30 million (£26 million) for the winger, who has scored two goals and two assists in 14 top-flight games.
It is understood that the €30 million “could still be increased with add-ons” as Club Brugge “are in far-reaching negotiations with the English club”.
Once the deal is done, Tottenham would loan the Norwegian winger to the Belgian club until the end of the season, after which he would move to north London in the summer.
Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool were also “interested” in Nus, with Brugge rejecting the Blues’ €30 million offer on the final day of the summer transfer window.
Nusa is now “very close to his dream transfer to the Premier League” and the transfer to Tottenham “will be completed in the near future”.
Speaking to TV2 in September, when Chelsea’s bid was unsuccessful, Nusa said: ‘I didn’t know about it. I saw that there were a lot of things on my phone. After the game my phone exploded. Then I wondered what happened. Then I realised.
“I already knew it wasn’t going to happen, but then the money came on the table. Then you look at it in a slightly different way. When the money came, we had to talk again, but we were on the same page, so there was no problem. I knew what to do, so everything was fine.”
Asked about the fee offered by Chelsea, Nusha added: “It’s a lot of money. A lot of money. But I try not to think about it so much. I can’t concentrate on it. I don’t think it’s good for me.
“We are talking about very big clubs and that’s where you dream of being in the future. I try not to think about money at all. There’s a lot of money in football, so it’s not on my mind. It’s about where I can develop the best and become the best I can be.”