Bordeaux forward Malcom is once more the subject of speculation with the Metro reporting that the Brazilian ace will leave France this summer, and is likely to head to the Premier League.
Tottenham, Arsenal and Chelsea have all been linked with the 21-year-old South American, and according to Metro the trio will “revive their interest” at the end of the season.
The paper says that Nicolas de Tavernost, president of the M6 group that owns the Bordeaux club, has told French sports daily L’Equipe: “There is a major player from Brazil who you know wants to leave the club and we will do that in all of our interests. It is the reason we bought this player in the first place, to eventually sell him in between seasons.”
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Although de Tavernost refrained from referencing any club in particular, French sources say Tottenham are favourites to land Malcom with the Gunners having gone cold on the idea now that Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette are working well up front.
Pochettino’s £120m summer budget
The Independent reports that Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino will be given £120m to spend during the summer sales.
Pochettino is keen on bringing in new central defenders and attackers and his summer spending could be “boosted by the possible sale of Toby Alderweireld”.
Spurs have been linked with defenders Jamaal Lascelles (Newcastle) and Matthijs de Ligt (Ajax) as well as Crystal Palace forward Wilfried Zaha.