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title: "Tottenham Hotspur: Journalist breaks Houssem Aouar twist"
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type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Emilio Galantini"
section: "Premier League"
published: "2021-07-17T12:40:02Z"
modified: "2021-07-17T13:00:33Z"
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# Tottenham Hotspur: Journalist breaks Houssem Aouar twist

**According to a report by ESPN journalist James Olley, writing on [Twitter,](https://twitter.com/jamesolley/status/1416072731741806593?s=21) has claimed that there are indeed ‘talks ongoing’ between Tottenham Hotspur and Lyon for midfield ace Houssem Aouar – but there’s been a twist.**

### The Lowdown: Spurs join race for Aouar…

Multiple reports from France have emerged over this last week detailing Tottenham’s interest in the 23-year-old.

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[Le10sport](https://le10sport.com/football/mercato/exclu-mercato-ol-tottenham-pense-aussi-a-aouar-557771) claimed last week that Spurs had entered contention for the player alongside north London rivals Arsenal, and his possible price tag of up to €25 million (£21.4m) would not be a problem for Daniel Levy.

ESPN reporter Julien Laurens backed that report on Thursday evening, writing on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/LaurensJulien/status/1415776500536778753?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet) that Tottenham have now entered the conversation.

### The Latest: Olley breaks transfer twist…

Now, fellow ESPN journalist Olley has broken a transfer twist involving Aouar and Tottenham.

[Tottenham latest!](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/web-stories/tottenham-latest-2/)

Indeed, the reporter has now made a quite a stunning claim, with Spurs allegedly offering Lyon the chance to re-sign Tanguy Ndombele in a swap deal.

Ndombele put pen to paper on a £63m move to Tottenham from the Ligue 1 giants in 2019, smashing the Lilywhites’ transfer record in the process ([Sky Sports](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11675/11755277/tottenham-sign-tanguy-ndombele-for-63m-from-lyon)), but managing director Fabio Paratici could now let him go the other way in a move for Aouar.

Sources have apparently told ESPN and Olley that there has been no response from Lyon as of yet in regards to their proposal.

### The Verdict: Stunning…

Given the French playmaker is available for a cut price deal, this news that Spurs are willing to part ways with their record signing is a rather stunning claim.

Aouar has been a wanted man for the last few seasons with Premier League champions Manchester City also [heavily linked](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/man-city-arsenal-houssem-aouar-22490147) last summer.

His price tag back then was said to be a whopping [£54m](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/man-city-arsenal-houssem-aouar-22490147)but the ace’s huge price drop has seemingly gifted Spurs a chance.

There is arguably no need to offer Ndombele in a swap due to Lyon’s very attainable [£21.4m valuation](https://t.co/LkX2bGLPjN?amp=1) and we believe Spurs simply must win the race without exchanging players.

Lauded as an ‘unbelievable dribbler’ and ‘quality player’ by podcaster Tommy Lister ([LFC Transfer Room](https://www.podbean.com/media/share/dir-rmhwu-d5f336a?utm_campaign=w_share_ep&utm_medium=dlink&utm_source=w_share)), Aouar has notched 32 goals and 31 assists across 170 appearances for Lyon ([Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/houssem-aouar/leistungsdatenverein/spieler/395693)).

Therefore, we urge Paratici and co to just pay his asking price without the needless haggling.

***In other news: ‘Sensational’…Sky pundit reacts as Nuno eyes ‘fabulous player’ for Spurs, find out more [here.](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tottenham-transfer-rumours/tottenham-hotspur-danny-mills-reacts-as-nuno-eyes-jesse-lingard-for-spurs/)***