Tottenham centre-back Federico Fazio is at West Bromwich Ablion for a medical this morning.
The clubs are understood to have agreed a £5m fee for the player, who only moved to London from Sevilla last year.
It has been suggested the defender could be a makeweight in a deal to take striker Saido Berahino to White Hart Lane but it is thought any deal done for the Argentinean would be independent.
Fazio cost Tottenham £8m when Mauricio Pochettino recruited him 12 months ago from La Liga, where he had spent seven years with Sevilla's first team.
The 28-year-old – a three-time Argentina international – made 32 appearances in all competitions last season.
But he has fallen down the pecking order this term after Pochettino moved the strengthen his defence once again this summer.
He brought in Toby Alderweireld from Atletico Madrid after he impressed on loan at Southampton and also signed Kevin Wimmer from Cologne.
Alderweireld has partnered Jan Vertonghen in both of Tottenham's games so far, with Fazio not even making the bench on either occasion.
Albion have been seeking to strengthen defensively after losing their Premier League opener 3-0 at home to Manchester City then drawing 0-0 with Watford last weekend.
They have so far signed defender James Chester from Hull but their current first-choice centre-back Joleon Lescott is reportedly the subject of interest to Aston Villa.
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