Richarlison is expected to undergo his medical abroad with a deal pushed through quickly after Tottenham Hotspur and Everton agreed a £60million deal for the player late on Wednesday evening, football.london understands.
The two clubs came to an agreement on the terms of the deal, expected to be worth around £50million plus another £10million in potential add-ons, in the late hours of Wednesday night. The Brazilian, who has been on holiday following his international duty, is expected to undergo his medical abroad on Thursday.
The 25-year-old is understood to have agreed personal terms on the move, which were not an issue, and the transfer is now expected to be pushed through quickly.
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football.london reported on Wednesday that Spurs hoped to strike an agreement within the next 24 hours to help Everton beat a financial fair play deadline. The Toffees are facing FFP issues and the current time period for that ends on June 30 but if the two clubs could come to an agreement over the fee for Richarlison before the end of that day and provide evidence of that agreement then the remainder of the transfer could be completed within the days after that agreement and still count towards the last year of the financial fair play.
However, the rate at which the deal is being pushed through, the entire transfer could be completed on Thursday and announced either the same day or on Friday, with the player then available to fly out on Spurs' tour to Korea on July 9 following his holidays. Antonio Conte has been looking for Tottenham to improve the strength in depth of his squad and Richarlison will add to a forward line that already contains Son Heung-min, Harry Kane, Dejan Kulusevski and Lucas Moura, with Steven Bergwijn expected to depart for Ajax.
Spurs had made the Brazil international one of their key targets this summer with his ability to hit the ground running in the league and also play anywhere across the front line, giving Conte more options and support for Harry Kane in the striker role when required. Richarlison filled in for Dominic Calvert-Lewin in leading the line for Everton last season and kept his place up front at times after the England international returned.
Tottenham's managing director of football Fabio Paratici is also on the lookout for a couple of new centre-backs for Conte's side and has been conducting negotiations with various representatives and clubs. The Italian's style is to line up numerous deals before pushing the button on one or two.
One such potential deal is Barcelona's 27-year-old centre-back Clement Lenglet, who turned down a loan move to Tottenham to link up with Paratici last summer. Spurs are in discussions over another loan attempt for the Frenchman, who can play on the left and centre of the back three, and if the north London club cannot secure their top targets for the role, which looks likely after being unable to prise away Inter's Alessandro Bastoni and RB Leipzig's Josko Gvardiol, then they will push through a deal for Lenglet.
With Joe Rodon expected to move on this summer in search of regular football and Japhet Tanganga the subject of interest for a number of clubs, Spurs are expected to then look to at other potential centre-back deals to bring similar strength to the backline as Richarlison will bring to the attacking trident.
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