Tottenham have joined the race for £76 million French international defender Jules Kounde – although they may have to see off moneybags Paris Saint-Germain.
Although Spurs head coach Antonio Conte's summer trolley dash is well advanced, with four players signed and a fifth, Djed Spence, likely to join the payroll from Middlesbrough, he remains in the market for a dominant centre-back.
And after running into brick walls in his efforts to land Alessandro Bastoni from his old club Inter Milan, Conte has stayed in the race for Kounde, who has a £76m release clause at Seville.