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Having waited 18 months since making a signing, it looks like Tottenham might actually be about to buy a player.

Tanguy Ndombele is edging closer to completing a club record £55m move to north London, meaning Spurs could make an addition to their squad for the first time since signing Lucas Moura in January 2018.

The squad has been creaking at the seams for a long time now, the run to the Champions League final masking a world of problems, not least the fact that they lost 10 and won only six of their final 18 games of the season as they stumbled rather than stormed into a top-four finish and the biggest game in their history.

They have a number of ageing players and Mauricio Pochettino has made it a priority to bring the average age of the squad down this summer. The idea is that 22-year-old Ndombele will be the first step towards doing that.

The problem with buying young is that players either need work or come very expensive indeed. At £55m, Spurs will be hoping Ndombele would arrive ready for the challenges of the Premier League.