Standard: Ndombele terms to be completed “within 48 hours”

Inching closer to completion. You wanted another update on Tanguy Ndombele? Here’s one, courtesy of Dan Kilpatrick in the Evening Standard. The news broke yesterday that Tottenham Hotspur and Lyon had hammered out an agreement for a club record transfer fee for the French international midfielder — £55m plus £9-10m in performance based add-ons — but personal terms hadn’t yet been finalized between Tottenham and the player.

According to the Standard, and despite a lot of public hemming and hawing from Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas, those terms are being negotiated now, and the club expects an agreement will be in place “within 48 hours.” That would then mean a flight from Morocco, where Tanguy is currently on vacation, to London for ...