Manchester City winger Jack Grealish has been linked with a sensational January switch to Tottenham.
The 29-year-old has struggled to break into Pep Guardiola's starting XI this season, despite the current Premier League champions struggling with injuries. Yet to score a goal in 18 appearances this term, the former Aston Villa man has only been on the pitch 940 minutes and has contributed two assists in that period.
With Tottenham suffering an injury crisis of their own, Daily Mail Plus reports that Ange Postecoglou's side are monitoring the Englishman's situation at Man City. Newcastle are the other side mentioned in the report ahead of the January transfer window opening later this week.
With the likes of Vicario, Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven, Wilson Odobert and Richarlison out for long parts of the 2024/25 season, Postecoglou has admitted Spurs are open to strengthening in January. football.london understands that the Lilywhites are looking at potential recruits across a number of positions, including a new centre-back, left-back and a midfielder, while the Australian also previously told football.london that a new attacker could be in order if his internal options in the attacking third remain slim.
"I think, yeah, reinforcement. Like I said a while ago, we've been planning. A lot of it was going to be around where we're at around this time," said Postecoglou earlier this month. "Fair to say we're still a little bit short in a couple of areas and we need to reinforce. But January's trickier in terms of what sort of players you can bring in.
"For us, ideal — for any club, I guess — you want to bring in people who are going to make you stronger. I think the fact that, obviously, we're still in the Carabao Cup semi-final, still got Europe, FA Cup, we're in all the competitions, it's not like our schedule's going to ease up at any stage. So I think it makes sense. We will try and reinforce where and what number we'll have to wait and see."
It's unclear at this stage whether Grealish would be open to moving to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, with his big wages potentially one of a number of stumbling blocks. Still, a short term loan deal remains a real possibility and could suit all parties. With this in mind, football.london takes a look below at Tottenham's best starting XI if Daniel Levy does sanction a move this winter.