Gareth Bale’s move to Real Madrid appears to be inching closer after Tottenham’s technical director Franco Baldini flew to the Spanish capital to finalise the transfer of the winger while also hoping to complete deals for Roma duo Erik Lamela and Miralem Pjanic, the Independent reports.

The deal, which stalled in recent weeks after negotiations over how the fee could be paid, could be completed as early as tomorrow as Real look to break the world-record transfer fee they set in 2009 with the £80m acquisition of Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United.

Real remain convinced that Bale will join them this summer and are hopeful that the deal can be concluded before deadline day, while Spurs will also be keen to see the deal completed earlier – should they decide to sell – so they can immediately reinvest the money in Lamela and Pjanic, while the deal for Brazilian attacking midfielder Willian could go through later today.

Reports emerged earlier this week that the deal would be in the region of £93m including the exchange of left-back Fabio Coentrao, but it is believed that Coentrao has rejected the move and instead Real will have to cough up the figure through cash-only.

Spurs have already spent £60m on improving their squad with the additions of Roberto Soldado, Nacer chadli, Paulinho and Etienne Capoue, while a further £30m for Willian will see that figure rapidly increase in what has been Spurs’ biggest spending summer in the club’s history.