Alasdair Gold: Spurs have been offered chance to sign 'world class' 27-cap forward for Conte

According to reliable football.london reporter Alasdair Gold, some Tottenham Hotspur transfer news has emerged involving Barcelona forward Ousmane Dembele.

Separate reports Spain have come out of Spain in the last 24 hours concerning Spurs’ links to the 24-year-old, who could well be on his way out of the Camp Nou before 11pm tonight.

Paris-Saint Germain have apparently been in contention for his signature alongside the Lilywhites, with Partidazo de COPE reporter Helena Condis Edo claiming that Fabio Paratici had made a ‘last-minute offer’ for Dembele.

Info Blaugrana even stated that Tottenham had entered a bidding war with Manchester United for the France international, but according to Gold, things aren’t quite as advanced as that.

Writing for football.london, the reliable Spurs source has instead claimed that Antonio Conte and the club have been ‘offered’ Dembele ‘in recent days’.

He cited that the winger’s injury record and sky-high salary are currently concerns for Spurs to take things further, but refused to rule out a U-turn ‘in the final hours’ of deadline day if they decide that the Barcelona player is worth pursuing.

Depending on the conditions of a transfer, namely whether Spurs can secure a cut-price deal and reduce his wages, Dembele could potentially be worth considering going by his plaudits.

Once costing Barcelona a record-breaking initial fee of £97m, the 27-cap attacker has drawn comparisons to PSG superstar Kylian Mbappe, with former Liverpool defender Jose Enrique calling him ‘world class’.

His market value is estimated at around £27m (Transfermarkt), but given that the clock is ticking down on deadline day and he is set to leave for free later this year, Barca could be forced to accept a much lesser