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There is growing confidence that Tottenham Hotspur's pursuit of Lyon midfielder Tanguy Ndombele will end successfully with a club record deal.

Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino asked that the 22-year-old was the club's number one target this summer and while the Argentine rests up with his family on the island of Formentera in the Mediterranean Sea after a tough season, his chairman Daniel Levy has been negotiating with the French club trying to land his man.

Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas said on Tuesday that no bid had yet met his expectations for Ndombele and while there are still plenty of talks to be had, football.london understands that there is a growing confidence from all parties that a deal will be struck for the central midfielder.

Ndombele is believed to have indicated to Tottenham that he wants to come to the Champions League finalists and Levy is pulling out all the stops to deliver Pochettino his top target.

The player has also headed off on his holidays, following his involvement in France's European Championship qualifiers.

Ndombele publicly commented earlier this week on the links with Spurs and showed no signs of batting them away.

"Tottenham are a big club, they finished in four place in their league, they were Champions League finalists - which player would not be interested in a big club?" he told the French media.

Many other competitors for Ndombele's signature appear to have turned their attentions elsewhere, with Manchester City looking to seal a deal for Atletico Madrid midfielder Rodri and Juventus believed to be about to tie up a move for PSG star Adrien Rabiot.

Aulas has dealt with Levy a number of times over the years, including over the sales of Hugo Lloris and Clinton Njie to Spurs as well as an attempt to re-sign the latter on loan.

The duo's relationship has improved greatly since that 2012 deal for Lloris which Aulas described as his most difficult negotiation in 25 years of football.

While he made it clear on Tuesday that Lyon have a price they want to be met, with some reports claiming that is £63m, Aulas also admitted that the club are planning for life without Ndombele.

"In terms of the chronology, before accepting the transfer of Ferland Mendy to Madrid, we signed the young international U17 Belgian, Heritier Deyonge, from PSV Eindhoven," he said in a press conference this week to introduce Lyon's new management team.

"What I can say to you is if you see a very good box-to-box midfield youngster arrive, in the coming days, then there will be a chance that Tanguy Ndombele leaves, but for the moment, we have not received offers of the level that we feel is a just price."

There is growing confidence that Tottenham will meet that price and in doing so Tottenham will land themselves one of Europe's top young midfielder for a fee that will smash their £40m club record signing of Davinson Sanchez from Ajax.

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