Tottenham Hotspur are in the market for another playmaker, but Jack Grealish will not be making a move to North London this month.
Thomas Frank is gearing up for his first season in charge of Tottenham Hotspur and kicks off his season against Burnley.
Spurs will be heavy favourites to beat the newly-promoted Clarets, though Frank will head into the game without his first-choice playmakers.
Dejan Kulusevski remains on the treatment table, while James Maddison will now miss the season after a torn anterior cruciate ligament injury.
That leaves Tottenham in the market for another creative force, with Crystal Palace’s Eberechi Eze on the Spurs radar.
Michael Dawson on Jack Grealish to Tottenham Hotspur
A deal for Eze won’t be easy, so Spurs will have a number of creative talents in mind for a potential move.
One name to cross off the list is Jack Grealish, who completed a move to Everton on Tuesday.
Grealish has been made available by Manchester City after falling down Pep Guardiola’s pecking order.
Tottenham backed away from Grealish despite Maddison’s injury, and he has now finalised a loan switch to Everton.
Pundit and former Tottenham defender Michael Dawson has now told Sky Sports that he wanted to see Grealish join Spurs.
Dawson believes that Everton is a good move for Grealish, but he thinks a move to Spurs would have really made sense.
The ex-Spurs centre-back even backed Grealish to work his way back into the England squad for the 2026 World Cup.
“Jack needs to go and play football,” said Dawson.
“People say ‘is it the right club for him?’, I tell you what, it fits the bill. I would have liked to have seen him at Tottenham, I really would, but it’s in the North West, it fits, he doesn’t have to move, he’s going to go there and play. We know the quality that Jack Grealish possesses. I’m a huge, huge fan of him.
“Everton, when he goes and pulls that blue shirt on, they will be looking and thinking ‘wow, what a gem we’ve got on loan here’, and if he performs at the level we know he can, he could quite easily be back in that England squad come the World Cup,” he added.
Tottenham eyeing up attacking midfielders
Eze would be an enormous coup for Tottenham, with the Crystal Palace star a proven Premier League force.
Whether Spurs will fund a move for Eze remains to be seen, but other options are already emerging.
Tottenham have eyed Como’s Nico Paz, though a deal looks unlikely as he looks set for Real Madrid in 2026.
The Daily Mail now add that Spurs also fancy Facundo Buonanotte, who is back at Brighton and Hove Albion after a loan spell with Leicester City.
Spurs remain interested in signing Savinho from Manchester City, and the budget for a number 10 may depend on progress over the Brazilian.
Frank may hope for two attacking additions before the window slams shut, and will back Spurs to bring in permanent additions rather than a loan such as Grealish.