James Maddison has deleted old tweets in which he called Gareth Bale a 'monkey' and said he dislikes Tottenham as he closes in on a £45million move there.
The England international is set for a medical at the north London club after Leicester City accepted an offer of £40m plus £5m in add-ons.
But eagle-eyed fans spotted two posts about former Spurs star Bale, from 2012 and 2013, have been removed from Maddison's account.
In the first tweet, from November 17, 2012, Maddison wrote: 'I hate Gareth Bale with a passion, calm down you monkey, [Jack] Wilshere is 10x better than you chimpanzee.