Sport have revealed that Clement Lenglet is not keen on a switch to Saudi Arabia and is instead prioritising a move to Tottenham.
The report states that Barcelona are ‘in a hurry’ to offload Lenglet and they recently received an offer for the centre-back from Saudi Arabian side Al-Nasr.
It is explained that the Middle Eastern side are even willing to meet Barca’s €15m (£13m) asking price, which Tottenham have no intention of doing.
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However, Lenglet is thought to be keen on returning to North London, having already agreed on a three-year contract with the Lilywhites.
The report adds that the situation is now ‘heating up’ and a solution ‘can be found’ by the end of this week.
The 28-year-old is said to be holding out hope that Tottenham and Barca can reach a compromise and Sport suggest that the parties could look to hammer out an agreement when the Premier League side travel to Catalonia for the Joan Gamper Trophy clash on 8 August.
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It is clear that Tottenham do not want to pay over the odds for Lenglet and are going to continue playing the waiting game.
Lenglet is not going to be an automatic starter for Postecoglou, which is why Spurs are not under any pressure to conclude the deal early as they are with some of their other key targets.