Six years after Tottenham Hotspur came within a whisker of signing a young Jack Grealish, are Spurs finally about to get their man? Well, maybe. Possibly. Likely not, but let’s write about it anyway.
Daily Mail northern football correspondent Jack Gaughan writes for the “newspaper” (and I use the term loosely) in a piece dedicated to Manchester City’s January transfer plans that Grealish is a player who could leave City in the upcoming window, and that both Spurs and Newcastle are “monitoring” the situation.
Now, admittedly that’s some pretty thin gruel on which to base a transfer rumor, but Jack Grealish isn’t playing a ton of football at City right now and he could be a player that could add some significant spice to Ange Postecoglou’s roster. That said, City are going through a crisis of their own and Pep Guardiola said he doesn’t expect any players will leave the club next month. I guess we’ll find out. Grealish is no longer the young, exciting Villa player that Spurs nearly signed in the summer of 2018, but he’s still a quality creative passing midfielder that could really help Spurs, if they can find a way to get him in.
I find it hard to believe that Grealish, now 29, would be considered a long-term option for Spurs, but would I take him on loan? I absolutely, 100% would. So file this rumor as one that fits in the “LOL but I want this to happen” category.
Alasdair Gold has also been writing about Tottenham’s potential plans in January, and while Spurs have locked down almost all transfer-related leaks under Johan Lange, Gold says Spurs are looking at potentially bringing in as many as four players this month, looking at central defenders, a left back, a central midfielder, and potentially an attacker. Spurs are also said to be “considering” options at keeper for a long-term backup and competition for Guglielmo Vicario when he returns to the side.
The January window opens tomorrow with the start of the 2025 calendar year, and with the understanding that Ange Postecoglou desperately needs new players to fortify his exhausted and injury-ravaged squad, if only to get the club to the end of the season where the rebuild can continue. There’s been briefing from the club through various intermediaries that suggests Postecoglou has the full backing of the Tottenham leadership and the players are still firmly behind his managerial tenure, but as results continue to stagnate there’s already murmurs that results need to improve in the second half of the season.
That’s one reason why this window, typically not one in which Spurs do a ton of business, could prove to be incredibly important, not just for Tottenham’s season but also for Postecoglou’s future.