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Paul Brown

Tottenham transfer round-up: Yves Bissouma £25m move close and Udinese teenager talks

Tottenham have already snapped up goalkeeper goalkeeper Fraser Forster and winger Ivan Perisic on free transfers after their contracts ran down at Southampton and Inter Milan.

But with money to spend, and a squad to reinforce for the Champions League, Spurs boss Antonio Conte is far from done in the transfer market and has a number of new players on his transfer wish list.

The Italian plans to pursue an aggressive strategy to land his major targets, albeit with Daniel Levy doing some tough negotiating to balance the books. Mirror Sport takes a look at the latest Tottenham transfer news and rumours.

Spurs edge out Hammers

Tottenham's transfer window is heating up with the imminent arrival of Yves Bissouma from Brighton for £25m. Bissouma's signing comes after West Ham turned down the chance to sign him. That's according to Hammers fan news site Claret and Hugh, as cited by Hammers News, who claim Bissouma was offered to the Hammers first. Brighton midfielder Bissouma had a host of clubs tracking him but Spurs have won the race after Hammers boss David Moyes switch targets.

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Yves Bissouma has been strongly linked with a move away from Brighton but Spurs appear to have won the race to sign him (Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)

Talks open with teenager

Tottenham want Destiny Udogie and have held talks with his representatives after they made the trip over to London. Udinese's 19-year-old left-back is in high demand and director of football Fabio Paratici has now met with his representatives in Lonmdon to talke terms. Juventus are also interested but Spurs are pushing hardest for the player according to Sky Sports.

Double boost to backroom

Tottenham will continue to bolster their backroom staff by bringing in Gretar Steinsson as performance director and Simon Davies for a role in the Academy. Steinsson, a former Iceland international who represented Bolton during his playing career, has previously worked at Everton as their head of recruitment according to the Evening Standard. He will work closely with managing director of football Fabio Paratici, while Davies, who had been working with Vincent Kompany at Anderlecht, will enter a coaching role.

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