Conte loves him: Tottenham ready to move for 'perfect signing' as price drops by £10m - report

As per The Sun, a big Tottenham Hotspur transfer update has now surfaced involving Leicester City star and homegrown playmaker James Maddison.

Spurs chief Fabio Paratici and manager Antonio Conte must have one eye on the summer window ahead of the latter man’s first full season in charge at the club.

Since his appointment, despite some questionable results at times, Conte has overseen a real resurgence at Spurs and the in-form Londoners are now well in contention to qualify for next season’s Champions League.

This comes after the Lilywhites’ season looked all but over under former boss Nuno Espirito Santo with their strong end to 2021/2022 having the potential to attract transfer targets.

The Sun, sharing news on a new player wanted by Tottenham, have make a claim involving Foxes attacker James Maddison.

According to their information, Spurs are ‘ready to battle’ with north London rivals Arsenal over the England international, who is rated at around £60 million.

This is £10m lower than Leicester’s valuation last year, according to Sky Sports, who claimed in 2021 that Brendan Rodgers’ side wanted closer to £70m.

The Sun go on to claim that Conte is a personal fan of Maddison as his transfer target list continues to take shape.

The Lilywhites, now ready to scrap Arsenal for his services, are seemingly getting more and more ambitious amid their links to the likes of Darwin Nunez (Benfica) and Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan).

As Paratici sets his sights on another marquee man, there is reason for supporters to become excited by the prospect of this looming window.

Maddison, in terms of quality, would certainly provide a large injection of creativity into this Spurs team – especially considering only Harry Kane and Son