Tottenham transfer news: Sandro Tonali medical update now emerges ahead of club-record £100m move

Tottenham Hotspur are closing successful connected the biggest signing successful the club's past arsenic Roberto De Zerbi continues his melodramatic rebuild successful northbound London.

After already agreeing a woody for Mateus Fernandes, Spurs present look acceptable to onshore Sandro Tonali successful what has go a connection summertime transportation window.

The latest update suggests the determination is entering its last stages.

Sandro Tonali is successful London for his Tottenham medical

According to Fabrizio Romano, the Newcastle United midfielder has arrived successful London alongside his household and representatives to acquisition his aesculapian up of completing his determination to Tottenham.

Spurs person agreed a club-record bundle with the Magpies, believed to beryllium worthy up to £100 million, with an archetypal interest of £92.5 cardinal positive a further £7.5 cardinal successful add-ons.

?✈️ Understand Sandro Tonali volition beryllium successful London contiguous with agents and household to acquisition aesculapian astatine Tottenham. pic.twitter.com/v4FhqPZATG

The statement comes aft Newcastle rejected an earlier connection worthy astir £80 million, but Tottenham person returned with an improved connection to unafraid Roberto De Zerbi's precedence midfield target.

De Zerbi has admired Tonali for respective years, dating backmost to his clip managing Sassuolo, and the Italy planetary is present acceptable to go Tottenham's 2nd record-breaking midfield signing successful the abstraction of a week following the accomplishment of Mateus Fernandes.

How volition Spurs enactment up with Sandro Tonali successful midfield?

Tonali's accomplishment gives De Zerbi the accidental to physique 1 of the Premier League's astir technically talented midfield units.

The Italian is expected to run astatine the basal of midfield, wherever his scope of passing, antiaircraft quality and quality to dictate the tempo should let Tottenham to power games acold much efficaciously than they person successful caller seasons.

Alongside him, Fernandes offers the energy, ball-carrying quality and attacking thrust to interruption lines and enactment the guardant players. On paper, the brace complement each different superbly, with Tonali providing the power and Fernandes the dynamism.

Spurs are committing adjacent to £185 cardinal to the duo, underlining conscionable however determined the nine are to backmost De Zerbi aft past season's struggles.

It is an tremendous investment, but if the concern develops arsenic galore expect, Tottenham could yet person the midfield level required to ascent backmost towards the Premier League's apical four.