Tottenham Hotspur correspondent Alasdair Gold has slammed the club's 'poor business' as Bryan Gil closes in on a late-window departure.

The Lowdown: Goodbye Gil

The 21 year-old looks all set to join Sevilla in the final hours of the January transfer window, with BBC reporting on Monday afternoon that a loan switch is nearly complete.

There is no obligation or option for the La Liga outfit to make the deal permanent come the summer, but it still looks rather baffling from a Spurs perspective.

Indeed, the Lilywhites paid over £21m for Gil to join from the Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán back in 2021, also sending Erik Lamela the other way in a player-plus-cash deal.

This means that the north Londoners have effectively now given a hefty sum of cash and Lamela to Los Nervionenses for a player who is about to return back to his former club anyway.

The Latest: Gold baffled

Asked in a football.london Q&A whether Spurs would look to sign a replacement for the outgoing playmaker, Gold had this to say:

"The Bryan Gil loan deal is a mad one. Within 18 months Spurs have essentially given Sevilla £21m, Erik Lamela and Bryan Gil. That's incredibly poor business in every way you look at it. The most annoying thing for me is that the 21-year-old is a real talent but it's a case of the right player, wrong time."

He followed up by telling the supporter it is unlikely we will see a direct replacement come through the door before the window slams shut on Tuesday evening unless Lucas Moura also departs.

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The Verdict: Ridiculous...

As Gold suggests, it has simply been a case of being in the wrong system at the wrong time for Gil, with the youngster only making 19 appearances in total under Antonio Conte, mostly as a substitute.

He has scored zero goals during that time and provided just one assist, so he certainly hasn't kicked on the way fans would have hoped, but merely from a financial point of view the entire ordeal is an infuriating one.

To add insult to injury for supporters, the club really shouldn't be using Lucas' presence as justification for not signing a replacement. The Brazilian himself has played just 90 total minutes of Premier League action this season, failing to directly contribute to a single goal.

With the top-four race heating up, FA Cup and Champions League fixtures to squeeze in and a squad looking devoid of any real quality depth from the bench, allowing Gil to leave for zero financial gain and without an incoming player in his role really does look like a disaster at N17.