Some potentially good news for those of you inclined to the stuff.
Gladys understands that Keita Balde wants to play for us and the 22 year old has asked Lazio to tie up the deal.
Senegalese born Balde scored 16 times from 31 appearances last season for the Serie A runners up. The boy’s contract expires in 2018.
Lazio received several bids from clubs both foreign and domestic. West Ham were named as one of the Premier League suitors.
At this stage personal terms have yet to be completely finalised, but there was enough in Tottenham’s initial contact with the player and his agents for us to become his first choice.
That will then just leave the Romans to thrash out a deal with El Baldo. What could possibly go wrong?
This would be a great opportunity to psychologically destroy Vincent Janssen and sell him discreetly in January.
We’re building something wonderful, don’t you know.