Fabrizio Romano: £30m Spurs target has agreed personal terms with Leicester – originally posted on Sportslens.com
Lille midfielder Boubakary Soumare has agreed personal terms with Leicester City since February, according to Sky Sports journalist and transfer expert Fabrizio Romano.
Boubacary Soumaré has agreed personal terms with Leicester since February. #LCFC are close to complete the agreement with Lille to sign the midfielder on a permanent deal, negotiations ongoing.
#Leicester https://t.co/8efrfdX01e
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) May 8, 2021
The Foxes are close to reaching an agreement with the Ligue 1 outfit and negotiations are ongoing ahead of the summer transfer window.
The news will come as a huge blow for Tottenham Hotspur as they were also keeping tabs on Soumare.
The Daily Star revealed last month that Spurs have also registered strong interest in the £30 million-rated France youth international midfielder, but they would have to look elsewhere from the look of things.
Manchester United are keen on Soumare too, but the fact that he has agreed personal terms with Brendan Rodgers is not good news for them either.
Spurs need to bolster their midfield this summer, and while the Lille star would be a quality addition, it is Leicester that are in the driving seat.
The Foxes already have Wilfred Ndidi, Hamza Choudhury, Nampalys Mendy and Daniel Amartey in defensive midfield, but they will be playing in Europe again next season and are in need of another quality addition.