Tottenham in talks with Paris Saint-Germain over Lucas Moura after player terms agreed

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Moura has been frozen out at PSG and is expected to leave the French club.
Spurs are looking to complete their first January window arrival with the Brazilian.

Tottenham Hotspur are officially in talks with Paris Saint-Germain over a transfer fee for the out-of-favour Lucas Moura.

The Brazilian winger joined PSG from Sao Paulo in January 2013 and has gone on to win four Ligue 1 titles, three Coupe de France titles and four Coupe de la Ligue titles with the French club.

However, despite a personal-best 18 goals in all competitions last season, Moura has found himself become a fringe player this season, yet to make a single start for the Parisiens with just six appearances in all competitions.

Tottenham have been looking to facilitate a transfer for the 25-year-old and most recently, agreed terms to a four-year contract, believed to match his current wages of £80,000-per-week ($113,554-per-week) according to French outlet RMC Sport.

The most recent development, according to Sky Sports News, is that talks between the two clubs are now underway with PSG demanding a fee in the region of £23m ($32.6m) as they look to balance their books and adhere to the Financial Fair Play rules.

Meanwhile, Borussia Dortmund are also interested in signing Moura if they agree to sell Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to Arsenal while a number of other clubs such as Napoli, Valencia and Shandong Luneng Taishan are also interested.

Sky Sports adds that Moura's preference is a move to England as he feels his development will be aided best by Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino.

The Daily Mail reports, however, that the two clubs are currently haggling over a transfer fee which could put the move at risk with the January window closing on Wednesday (31 January).

Following the north London side's 1-1 draw with Newport in the FA Cup on Saturday (27 January), Pochettino refused to discuss any transfer targets.

"There's a lot of rumours about different players, you know I never talk about rumours," Pochettino said after the game, when asked about a potential move for Moura.

"We will see what happens in the last few days [of the window]."