Spurs agree deal to take Bayern Munich midfielder Joao Palhinha on loan; Palhinha signed for Bayern from Fulham for £47.4m last summer and has three years remaining on his current deal

Tottenham have agreed a deal with Bayern Munich to sign Joao Palhinha on loan with an option to buy. The former Fulham midfielder will undergo a medical before putting pen to paper on a season-long switch. Palhinha, who had interest from elsewhere, made his intention to join Spurs clear once he heard of their interest in him.

Bayern Munich sporting director Christoph Freund has expressed his confidence that Joao Palhinha's proposed summer move to Tottenham Hotspur will be wrapped up quickly. Thomas Frank's side begin the new Premier League campaign in exactly three weeks,