Tottenham need to sign game-changing attacking talent in order to get out of the current hole they are in as the 17th-placed Premier League team finishing up what is literally their worst domestic campaign in club history.
Replacing Ange Postecoglou with a better coach can help, but it's only a Band-Aid solution if Tottenham don't get better players. Their leader in goal contributions for the 2024/25 Premier League season is a 32-year-old Son Heung-min who was basically a complete non-factor during the second half of the season.
The second-best player was James Maddison, who is out for the remainder of the season with a knee injury. And although Maddison has been important as a primary creator in the midfield, Spurs are considering replacing him - at least in the starting lineup - with an attacking midfielder the have been keeping an eye on for more than a year.
Tottenham can only hope for an unlikely bargain
Crystal Palace star Eberechi Eze recovered from a poor start to the season for both him personally and the Eagles to register 15 goal contributions. A key contributor to a team that just won the FA Cup, Eze is arguably the best available player on the Premier League transfer market this summer.
According to a report from Football Insider's Pete O'Rourke, Tottenham have begun initial transfer talks with Crystal Palace star Eberechi Eze. The 26-year-old England international has been one of the best players at the attacking midfield position in the Premier League this season even without Michael Olise on the right wing, averaging 1.7 key passes, 2.0 dribbles completed, and 1.6 fouls drawn along with his seven goals and eight assists.
Eze has a 68 million pound release clause, and based on this reporting from O'Rourke, Tottenham do not intend on submitting a full offer for that clause. Depending on which other teams are interested in Eze and how badly they want the Palace man, it's unlikely Eze will go for that much anyway, though if Solanke went for 65 million pounds last summer, Eze won't come cheap either.
Tottenham don't need an attacking midfielder that badly with James Maddison as one of the team's best players and a host of young players capable of playing in this position, but with Maddison now injured, Eze is of a different caliber to those players in the immediate term and a legitiamte matchwinning player; the kind of player Tottenham don't have, unless Son Heung-min recovers his form.
As an investment, Eze makes no sense at full price. He's a good player but not good enough to be worth nearly 70 million pounds as an attacking midfielder. But should his price fall due to a lack of demand, Tottenham would be wise to submit a cheeky, lower bid and see if they can snap up an unlikely bargain. They should spend more time on other targets, but Eze is one of the few players they could legitimately sign this summer who would make a difference.