French club Lyon on Wednesday completed the signing of Brazilian midfielder Thiago Mendes from Lille, reinvesting some of the 70 million euros ($79 million) they received from Tottenham for French international midfielder Tanguy Ndombele.

Mendes, 27, was signed for a fee reported to be 25 million euros, before Lyon announced they had also agreed a nine-million-euro deal for Lille left-back Youssouf Kone.

Mendes is Lyon's second Brazilian recruit of the summer after Jean Lucas was signed for eight million euros from Flamengo in a transfer negotiated by Juninho Pernambucano, the Brazilian former Lyon player who has returned to the club as sporting director, and new coach Sylvinho.

Malian international Kone and Mendes made 55 Ligue 1 appearances between them last season as Lille finished second, three points clear of third-placed Lyon.

On Tuesday, Ndombele finalised his move to Champions League finalists Tottenham, who smashed their transfer record to sign the highly-coveted 22-year-old.

Lyon have also sold defender Ferland Mendy to Real Madrid in a deal worth up to 53 million euros and in total their transfer receipts this summer amount to 113 million euros.