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According to Mundo Deportivo, Tottenham are interested in a move for Barcelona star Malcom, a player who has found chances hard to come by in Catalonia during his time with the Spanish champions.
Barcelona signed the Brazilian for £36.5m back in the summer on a five-year contract, having swooped in to snatch the attacker from the clutches of Roma - the Italian side had even agreed personal terms with Malcom.
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However, despite their efforts to lure him away from Roma and towards the Camp Nou, the former Bordeaux forward hasn't been able to repay the club's faith in him - he has scored just three goals for the club in 15 appearances.
In fairness, he has only made one start in La Liga this season, but he is quite clearly a player that comes with some doubts - as a result, Football FanCast take a look at some potential consequences of Tottenham spending big on Malcom...
Big risk, no reward
Apart from a stellar period with Bordeaux, in which he found the back of the net 23 times and recorded 16 assists in just under 100 appearances, Malcom has done very little in European football to merit such a huge fee - the aforementioned report from Mundo Deportivo states that they will not sell him for less than €50m (£43.05m).
To spend such a huge fee on a 22-year-old who hasn't really proven himself at all yet would be a huge risk, and not one that Spurs need to be dealing with whilst a number of problematic areas already exist.
Money wasted on needless area
The north London side are very strong in attack and never seem to find it difficult to score goals.
Mauricio Pochettino has the likes of Heung-min Son, Lucas Moura, Harry Kane, Dele Alli and Christian Eriksen at his disposal, almost all of whom are marquee attackers and would almost certainly keep Malcom out of the side.
Do Spurs really want to be spending a huge sum of money on someone who will be a rotation option at best? Even more so when the full-back areas are so weak and the departed Mousa Dembele has still evidently not been replaced.
Lucas Moura moved on
Both Lucas and Malcom are very similar players; both are diminutive, weak attackers, who lack consistency. Oh, and they're both Brazilian.
The former Paris Saint-Germain forward looked to be finding his feet in a Tottenham shirt, although he has tailed off significantly barring a goal against Liverpool on Sunday. Prior to that his last goal involvement came at the start of January, and even that was only an assist against Tranmere.
Given the fact that they are both similar players, if Malcom were to be bought in, it could potentially signal the end of Lucas' time in north London.