Tottenham are closing in on an agreement for Real Madrid midfielder Lassana Diarra.
The Daily Mail says talks have almost been completed, with manager Harry Redknapp hoping that the 26-year-old France midfielder he worked with at Portsmouth will be training with Tottenham within days.
"I like him," said Redknapp. "The chairman's been trying to do something there."
Tottenham would not reveal the exact details of the deal last night, probably because Levy needs to find a way of meeting the wage demands of Diarra, who currently earns more than £100,000 a week.
A loan is possible, although there has also been talk of Tottenham paying around £14million for a player who moved for the best part of £20m when he left Portsmouth for Madrid in 2009.
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