Tottenham Hotspur are pressing ahead with plans to try and buy a number eight with Chelsea’s Conor Gallagher still top of the list.
The next target comes after Spurs finally agreed a fee to sign Genoa centre-back Radu Dragusin.
The £30m move for the Romanian defender means Ange Postecoglou has secured two of his three targets for this window, after completing a loan deal for Leipzig’s Timo Werner.
It has made Spurs by far the busiest club in a surprisingly quiet window so far, but they now want to secure a midfielder in the break between Sunday’s trip to Manchester United and the FA Cup fourth round game against Manchester City.
Postecoglou wants a running midfielder who can play at the head of midfield but also alternate with James Maddison if required.