Tottenham Hotspur are confident of sealing a move for Luis Diaz before the January transfer window deadline on Monday night...

What's the word?

That's according to ever-reliable football.london reporter Alasdair Gold, who delivered a very exciting claim to his YouTube channel, where he suggested it was now a more likely deal than Adama Traore, at this stage.

"The latest I understand on that situation is there’s a growing hope that they might be able to get this deal done," he said.

"They are throwing everything at it. That’s their priority right now. I understand at the moment, and I must stress at the moment, Spurs are more hopeful of this one happening than Adama Traore."

Major coup

The Antonio Conte era in north London would be truly underway if Spurs manage to secure a move for the FC Porto star as he's one of the hottest talents in Europe right now - that much is evident from the interest of Premier League rivals Manchester United and Liverpool.

Diaz has been in electric form this season, having provided the Portuguese giants with 16 goals and five assists across 24 appearances in the Primeira Liga and Champions League, primarily from left-midfield. That works out to be a direct contribution of once every 96.7 minutes, via Transfermarkt.

It builds on from his exploits at the Copa America, where he shared the golden boot with none other than Lionel Messi.

The 5 foot 10 winger has earned plenty of praise during this impressive run of form and that should only raise excitement from those around the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium right now.

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He has been lauded as "phenomenal" by journalist Alex Goncalves and dubbed a "livewire" by presenter Manas Singh, though one of the most glowing endorsements has come from Portuguese football expert Marino Peixoto, who claimed the £36m-rated dynamo was "genuinely frightening" following a screamer against Vitoria this season.

Valued at £36m by Transfermarkt, it's thought that Porto are asking for a fee in the region of €60-65m (£55m), which would equal Spurs' club-record fee.

On the above evidence, he would be quite the signing indeed and supporters should be very excited by Gold's recent claims.

AND in other news, Bye-bye Dele: Spurs plot swoop for £18m-rated "extraordinary talent" who's like Zidane...