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Tottenham Hotspur defender Kieran Trippier is set to have his medical with Atletico Madrid today as his exit from the north London club nears.

The 28-year-old has been linked with a move abroad all summer and football.london understands that the two clubs are now close to sealing a deal for Trippier and that the England international has been given permission to have his medical with Atletico on Tuesday.

The right-back, who joined Tottenham from Burnley in 2015 for £3.5m, is expected to move to the La Liga giants for a figure believed to be around £25m in the coming days.

Trippier carried a groin injury for much of last season which saw his form dip for Spurs following the high of his free-kick goal in the World Cup semi-final against Croatia.

Now Spurs have decided to part company with the right-back who was linked with Napoli, Bayern Munich and Juventus towards the end of the season, but it appears to be Atletico who have won the race for his signature.

Trippier returned to Spurs for pre-season training this month, but is set for his new club in Madrid.

His departure will leave Kyle Walker-Peters as Tottenham's only right-back on their summer tour to Singapore and Shanghai this week.

Serge Aurier has just finished his international duty with the Ivory Coast at the Africa Cup of Nations, where he picked up a hamstring injury, and he is not expected to return to the club until later in the month.

Young Argentine defender Juan Foyth, who has been playing at right-back for Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino and Argentina at the Copa America this month, will also be returning after the tour, having only just finished the South American tournament and also got married soon afterwards.

With Trippier's exit, Walker-Peters will be looking to take his chance to impress Pochettino in the International Champions Cup matches against Juventus and Manchester United in the next 10 days.

If he doesn't then Spurs could well move for another right-back to replace their outgoing England international.