Fiorentina expect Fabio Paratici to join them as their new director of football and are planning to make an approach to Tottenham.
Daily Mail Sport reported on Sunday night that Spurs had not yet had been contacted by the Serie A side after strong reports in Italy claimed Paratici was poised to accept a five-year deal from the club bottom of Serie A to become their director of football.
But that approach is expected to come imminently, with Fiorentina confident they can prise the football executive away from North London.
Tottenham stood by Paratici, 53, through the embarrassment of a worldwide ban from FIFA for his part in a financial scandal during his time at Juventus.