Tottenham have agreed a £30million deal with Wolfsburg for defender Micky Van de Ven pending final documents, sources have told football insider.
The centre back-has been on the radar of Tottenham since January and they have now moved to secure his signature for the upcoming campaign.
Personal terms are understood to cause no issues between parties with a verbal understanding in place between Spurs and the 22-year-old.
Liverpool were extremely keen on the Holland International and even held early conversations with Wolfsburg, but a deal never progressed from that point.
Ange Postecoglou is keen to bring in two new centre-backs before the window shuts and Van de Ven will be the first before the club turn their attention to Bayer Leverkusen’s Edmond Tapsoba.
A long term contract is set to be offered to the Bundesliga defender, 24, as Spurs push to complete a number of deals before the window slams shut.
Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy is leading negotiations with Wolfsburg and final details of the deal are being agreed and signed off.
Barring any late u-turns from the German outfit Van de Ven will be able to move forward with his transfer in the next 24 hours.
The North London side have been busy trying to bring in a number of talents and have so far brought in Guglielmo Vicario and James Maddison as well as making the loan moves of Dejan Kulusevski and Pedro Porro permanent.
Van de Ven made 33 Bundesliga appearances for Wolfsburg last season, and has also been capped for Holland Under-21s 11 times.
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