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The two Tottenham deals Antonio Conte is waiting over on transfer deadline day

Fabio Paratici is one of the busiest men in the world of football today with Tottenham looking to complete at least two signings on transfer deadline day.

Spurs have been looking to improve their squad throughout this month, with Antonio Conte publicly calling on the club to make some signings in order to help their bid for European football this season.

However, the north Londoners face a race against the clock, with two players looking set to be announced as signings before the 11pm deadline, while there are a host of Tottenham stars who are closing in on an exit from the club, so here is a round-up of the deals set to be done before the clock strikes 11.

Dele Alli

Alli looks set to leave Tottenham before tonight's deadline, with the Spurs midfielder looking to salvage his career.

Everton and Crystal Palace have both been strongly linked with the former England international and it seems that new Toffees boss Frank Lampard is determined to sign the Spurs man. The move looks as if it could be a permanent deal.

Giovani Lo Celso

Lo Celso is on his way to La Liga club Villarreal, according to several reports in Spain.

The Argentine was recently left out of the Tottenham squad that was beaten by Chelsea and his time in north London looks to be all but over.

Giovani Lo Celso in action for Tottenham (Tottenham Hotspur FC/Tottenham Hotspur FC via Getty Images)

The deal to join Villarreal is likely to be a loan one and could be announced later this evening.

Done deals

Rodrigo Bentancur is now a Tottenham player, with Juventus confirming the Uruguay international has joined Spurs.

A statement from the Italian club read: "Rodrigo Bentancur's career will continue away from Turin: the Uruguayan midfielder, Juventus since 2017, greets Juve to continue his adventure at Tottenham.

"Four and a half seasons together: years in which Rodri played a lot, 181 matches in all competitions, enriched by 3 goals, two in the league and one in the Italian Cup, 17 assists and an average of 89% of successful passes. four seasons of Serie A, Rodrigo is the Juventus player to have both made the most tackles (205) and intercepted the most balls (147).

"A constant presence, if you think that in his period at Juve (from 2017/18) no Juventus player has played more games in Serie A: 133, like Paulo Dybala.

"Rodrigo has won a lot: in recent years he is the 3rd most successful midfielder in the tournament in Serie A (87, like Kessié), behind only Zielinski (101) and Brozovic (90). Bentancur greets Juve to go to the Spurs with a personal palmarès of 3 Scudetti, 2 Italian Cups and 3 Italian Super Cups.

"Thanks for everything Rodri… ¡y Suerte!"

Spurs have also completed the signing of Dejan Kulusevski from Juventus, with the Sweden international joining on an initial loan deal.

Meanwhile, Tanguy Ndombele has now re-joined his former club Lyon on a loan deal until the end of the season. The French outfit have paid Spurs €1.42million for his services (£1.18m) and there is a purchase option for Tottenham's record signing.

There could indeed be another two in the 'done deals' section by the end of the day, with a busy few hours of the window remaining for Tottenham.

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