Tottenham are set to complete the signing of Paulinho from Corinthians for an initial fee of £15m.
The deal will be announced in the coming days with only formalities to be signed off now that the Confederations Cup has finished.
Paulinho was named third best player in the tournament and is eager to move to Spurs having been impressed with the ambition of the club and their enthusiasm to sign him.
All parties are keen to conclude the deal and the player could be unveiled as a Spurs player as early as tomorrow.
It's so good to do our business early. I think AVB's explicit criticism of our late transfer dealings last summer has really given Levy and Lewis a jolt. We finished with 72 points but didn't win any of our easy first three games. You can't be doing that, Chelsea had their squad ready in July and they were pissing on everybody early in the season whilst we fucked around. It's amazing we got so close to them really.