Tottenham and Olympique Lyonnais have agreed terms on Lo Celso loan

One of the outgoing rumours has fallen into place, as Tottenham and Olympique Lyonnais have agreed terms regarding Giovani Lo Celso’s loan deal. 

The deal isn’t official yet, but the writing is on the wall and Lo Celso should be on his way to the French side. Valencia are still trying their utmost to change Tottenham’s mind, but the deal with Lyonnais, in principle, is pretty much done, as per Fabrizio Romano.

There are some important details yet to iron out and we all know what happens when a deal is prematurely announced.

Lo Celso is one of a number of players expected to be sent out on loan, with Tanguy Ndombele, Bryan Gil and Dele Alli also expected to, at least temporarily, leave Hotspur Way.

Many of Tottenham’s prospective incoming transfers were predicated on offloading the aforementioned names to make space for new arrivals. But this is the first of Tottenham’s senior players to be loaned out, just three days prior to the deadline, leaving almost no time for Fabio Paratici to bring in reinforcements.

Although Spurs are working tirelessly to acquire Juventus’ attacking midfielder Dejan Kulusevski  on loan with an option to buy. Apparently Tottenham are willing to pay about 40 million euros, though Juventus hasn’t agreed. So here we go again.

Lo Celso struggled to find prominence at Spurs since arriving in 2019. He was plagued by injuries and inconsistency and never came near hitting the heights expected of him.