It's time for the latest episode of our podcast Talking Tottenham with our Spurs correspondents Alasdair Gold and Ryan Taylor
Tottenham are starting to put the wheels in motion for their January transfer window in the hope of turning around Thomas Frank's fortunes.
Conor Gallagher underwent his medical on Tuesday ahead of the 25-year-old England international midfielder sealing a £34.7million move from Atletico Madrid. Then up next for the north London club is 19-year-old left-back Souza, who is expected to land in the UK on Wednesday afternoon for the Brazilian to tie up the formalities of his £13million switch from Santos on Thursday, while he must also await his work permit.
Spurs have already been busy with outgoings, with Brennan Johnson departing for Crystal Palace in a £35million deal, along with loans galore.
With injuries hitting Frank's squad now, losing both Rodrigo Bentancur and Mohammed Kudus until April and a return date still not fixed for Dejan Kulusevski, Spurs are light in attack following Johnson's departure.
Spurs have held a long-time interest in Monaco's Maghnes Akliouche and were forced to watch the 23-year-old, who mainly plays on the right but can also play centrally, tear them apart in the Champions League earlier this season. football.london reported on Monday that the Ligue 1 club are believed to be looking at new signings in the France international's position in preparation in case he does depart anywhere this month or in the summer.
That could put things in motion for Tottenham to make their move for the talented attacker, although they would face plenty of competition from top sides across Europe.