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Tottenham held off a late attempt from Chelsea to sign Richarlison after submitting a revised offer of £50million plus add-ons to Everton... which the Stamford Bridge club refused to match Richarlison is on the brink of finalising his switch from Everton to Tottenham Everton had demanded £60m and Spurs have eventually agreed to meet it The 25-year-old Brazilian will return to the UK in the early part of next week Conte has been looking to complete his business long before the end of the window Spurs are also in talks to sign Djed Spence from Middlesbrough for £15m

By Simon Jones for MailOnline

Published: 21:29 BST, 30 June 2022 | Updated: 21:31 BST, 30 June 2022

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Tottenham held off a late attempt from Chelsea to sign Everton forward Richarlison.

Everton had rejected an initial £40m from Spurs at 4pm on Wednesday but they came back with a revised offer of £50m plus add-ons which Chelsea opted not to match.

Richarlison underwent his medical in Brazil on Thursday with Tottenham staff present and is due back in the UK next week. Watford will receive around £2m from the deal.

Tottenham are also in advanced in talks over a £15m deal for Middlesbrough right-back Djed Spence, have a loan in place for Barcelona defender Clement Lenglet and are monitoring developments with Leicester City midfielder Youri Tielemans.

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