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Federico Fazio was today on the brink of joining Tottenham, with the move expected to be completed in the next 24 hours.
The Sevilla defender is a top target for Mauricio Pochettino and his club have already admitted they will not be able to keep the 27-year-old after Spurs agreed to pay his £8million release clause.
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Tottenham remain keen to move out both Michael Dawson, who is set to join Hull, and Vlad Chiriches. The Romania captain had strong interest from Roma but the Italians appear to have opted for Kostas Manolas, the Olympiakos defender who had attracted the attention of Arsenal.
Roma have reportedly agreed a £10.4m transfer fee for the highly-rated defender, who still has two years left in his contract with the Greek champions
Spurs could trim their squad further before then as both Benoit Assou-Ekotto and Ryan Mason are likely to leave the club before the transfer window closes. Mason is expected to be a loan deal.
