Lyon are close to reaching an agreement with Tottenham Hotspur over the sale of their French international goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, OL president Jean-Michel Aulas revealed yesterday.

The transfer is expected to cost Spurs €15 million which was the minimum fee demanded by Lyon.

Lloris’ departure is linked to the sale of Tottenham’s midfielder Luka Modric to Real Madrid.

“It’s true that on Sunday we had a lot of contact with (Tottenham chairman) Daniel Levy. Things progressed during these talks, both qualitatively and quantitatively, but nothing’s concrete yet,” Aulas said.

“I’ve informed Hugo of these discussions. We’ll have to be a bit patient to find out. The decision belongs to Hugo, who, I think, will be approached by Tottenham very soon.”

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