Thumbs up: These EXCLUSIVE pictures shows
Willian arriving at the InterContinental London Park Lane Hotel ahead of
his Tottenham medical on Tuesday afternoon. He is set to move to Spurs
in a £30m deal
Wonderkid: Roma's Erik Lamela will also cost in the region of £30m.
On the move: Anzhi are selling their prize assets and Spurs are in pole position for Willian.
Champions League experience: Willian celebrates scoring against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge last November.
Tottenham are set to take their summer spending past the £100million mark by splashing out £60m on attacking midfielders Willian and Erik Lamela.
Having already spent a combined £57.6m on Roberto Soldado, Nacer Chadli, Etienne Capoue and Paulinho, the double swoop paves the way for Gareth Bale's world-record departure to Real Madrid.Brazilian midfielder Willian arrived in London for a medical today - as these exclusive Sportsmail pictures show - and the highly-rated 25-year-old is on the brink of joining Spurs in a deal believed to be worth around £30m.
WILLIAN FACTFILE:
Born: 09/08/1988 in Ribeirao Pires, Brazil
Clubs:
Corinthians (2006-07). Games: 37. Goals: 2.
Shakhtar (2007-13). Games: 222. Goals: 37.
Anzhi (2013-). Games: 15: Goals: 1.
International caps: 2. Goals: 0.
Clubs:
Corinthians (2006-07). Games: 37. Goals: 2.
Shakhtar (2007-13). Games: 222. Goals: 37.
Anzhi (2013-). Games: 15: Goals: 1.
International caps: 2. Goals: 0.
Argentina winger Lamela will cost a
similar figure and his father Jose and agent Pablo Sebbag have a meeting
scheduled today with Roma director of football Walter Sabatini and
Spurs' technical director Franco Baldini.
The news comes as Sky Italia
report that a fee of £80m plus £20m-rated left back Fabio Coentrao has
been agreed between Spurs and Madrid for the transfer of Bale.
Liverpool
have been chasing Willian for some time and the Anzhi star has also
received late interest from Arsenal but he is set for a medical at
Spurs today after flying into London.
On his way: Bale arrives for training in north London on Tuesday.
Pace to burn: Lamela can play on either flank.
Swap deal: Coentrao (left) has fallen out of favour at Real Madrid.
ERIK LAMELA FACTFILE:
Born: 04/03/1992 in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Clubs:
River Plate (2009-11). Games: 36. Goals: 4.
AS Roma (2011-). Games: 66. Goals: 21.
International caps: 3. Goals: 0.
Clubs:
River Plate (2009-11). Games: 36. Goals: 4.
AS Roma (2011-). Games: 66. Goals: 21.
International caps: 3. Goals: 0.
He only left Shakhtar for Anzhi in January but the mega-rich Russians have decided to offload their prize assets and concentrate on developing their own players.
Willian is on around £85,000 a week at Anzhi and would demand at least that if he is to choose Spurs over Liverpool.
lan Walter in August 2011London calling: The Brazilian had a photoshoot in the capital with Sportsmail's
SPURS SIGNINGS SO FAR:
Paulinho (Corinthians, £17m)
Nacer Chadli (FC Twente, £6m)
Roberto Soldado (Valencia, £26m)
Etienne Capoue (Toulouse £8.6m)
Total: £57.6m.
Nacer Chadli (FC Twente, £6m)
Roberto Soldado (Valencia, £26m)
Etienne Capoue (Toulouse £8.6m)
Total: £57.6m.
Lamela,
21, has emerged as one of the hottest properties in world football
since joining Roma from River Plate in the summer of 2011.
A
pacy winger capable of playing on either flank or as a second striker,
the Argentine has scored 21 goals in 66 games for the Italian club.
Lamela
was punched by Southampton's new club-record signing Daniel Osvaldo in a
training ground bust-up at Roma in November 2011.
International: Lamela has earned three caps for Argentina.
Highly rated: Willian takes on Barcelona's Dani Alves (left) and Chelsea's David Luiz (right).
Bale out? The arrivals would appear to pave the way for the departure of the Welsh winger
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