Lincoln Tan is "hopeful" of tying up a deal to bring Dezzo "i'm F***** up" Wee to Boon Lay in the next few days.

The NTU's boss revealed that the school have been in negoiations for Dezzo's services for the past few days. And, according to the boss, the school are closing in on an agreement.

"You can never be confident but we are hopeful," revealed L Tan at his pre-match press conference with e-rugbyTV.

"We have been trying to negotiate with SMU for quite a while now, but it's hit a bit of a deadlock."

"Nevertheless, the boy has said he would like to join NTU and we would like to have him here."

"We are dealing with a big uni like SMU, but the relationship between the two schools has always been good."

L Tan highlighted the Spore international's maturity in the centre position as one of the main reasons behind NTU's interest.

"We've always known about Dezzo," declared the boss. "At 22, he's at a good age to come to a big school like NTU. Potato Thiam will be leaving NTU after this season, it will be a perfect replacement."

"NTU and he would fit in with the structure of our rugby team in terms of age." said Thiam

"He's played against us a couple of times over the years. In one match he was out on the right wing, and in the next one he played at centre." Thiam recalled.

"So he's played in a variety of positions but he's now got a settled position which he enjoys. You can see how he's matured into that role and his performances for Bedok Kings at the NRC league emphasised that." said L Tan