Report: Tottenham Monitoring Barcelona's Malcom Ahead of €50M January Move

Tottenham Hotspur are reportedly interested in signing Malcom from Barcelona in January despite the fact that the winger only moved to the Camp Nou in the summer. 

According to Sport (h/t MailOnline's Jeorge Bird), Spurs could launch a €50 million (£44 million) move for the Brazilian, who has barely played for Barca this season. 

Malcom's £36.5 million switch from Bordeaux to Barca in July made headlines across Europe because it came just a day after Roma announced they had reached a deal to sign him.

This season, though, he has barely been seen on the pitch, making two appearances from the bench in La Liga and totalling just 25 minutes of action.

He has not played in Barca's three most recent games, which is an indication that manager Ernesto Valverde does not trust him to perform in the biggest fixtures.

It will be interesting to see whether he is afforded any minutes in Saturday's La Liga clash against table-topping Sevilla at the Camp Nou.

Spurs did not add a new player to their squad in the summer transfer window, and despite a fine start to the new campaign, they look to be lacking the adequate depth to compete for silverware on multiple fronts.

The north London outfit are also enduring something of an injury crisis, with six key players sidelined.

The fact that Barca were prepared to hijack the 21-year-old's move to Roma is an indication of his quality—he scored 12 goals and provided seven assists in Ligue 1 last season.

Per WhoScored.com, he is a skilled attacking player, and he could thrive under manager Mauricio Pochettino:

However, it does not seem likely Barca will be willing to let Malcom go so early in his Camp Nou career, even if he is not forcing his way into the starting XI.