Spurs on the hunt to sign £30m ‘superstar’

By now, even the most optimistic Tottenham Hotspur fans would probably admit that this season has been a disaster.

Ange Postecoglou has led his team to the club’s worst start to a season in the last decade and, unfortunately for the Australian, it’s not particularly close either.

The North Londoners are currently 15th in the Premier League with a meager points total of just 24, and the only positives are their remaining in three cup competitions, the development of their youngsters and the development of Dejan Kulusevski.

The 24-year-old has, for the most part, been Spurs’ best player this season and has shown that he should be the centerpiece of Postecoglou’s rebuild for years to come, so recent reports are touting a winner. of the Champions League compared to the Swede to move to the club should excite fans.

Tottenham target Premier League star

According to a recent report from Spain, Tottenham are one of several teams interested in signing Manchester City star Jack Grealish, who they see as someone who could add quality and versatility to the attack.

As well as the Lilywhites, the report has revealed that German giants Borussia Dortmund and Italian royalty Inter Milan are also interested in signing the English attacker this month, which could complicate matters.

The story does not establish how much the 29-year-old could cost interested parties, but given his diminishing importance to the Premier League champions, Football Transfers’ £30m estimate doesn’t seem too unrealistic.

It could be a tricky transfer to cross the line, and fans might not be on board straight away, but we’ve seen what Grealish can do when given the chance to express himself, and in a Postecoglou system, he could return. to something like that, and the fact that he was compared to Kulusevksi can only help.

How Grealish compares to Kulusevski and why Spurs should sign him

So before we look at a couple of reasons why Spurs might want to sign Grealish this month, let’s examine this comparison with Kulusevski and where he comes from.

In this case, it mainly comes from FBref, which compares players in similar positions in the Premier League this season, then creates a list of the ten most comparable players for each and, in this case, has concluded that the Englishman is the best . Sixth attacking midfielder or winger most similar to the Swedish dynamo.

The best way to see where this comparison is coming from is to look at the underlying metrics that both rank closely on, including but not limited to expected non-penalty goals plus assists, shots on goal, expected and actual assists, shots, and goal-creating actions. and more, all for 90.

As well as the statistical similarities between the two, they also share the ability to play in midfield or on the wing, depending on what their manager and team need from them, which is just one of the other reasons why the Lilywhites They might want to sign the city’s Ace.

That said, his lackluster form this season, in which he has only been involved in five goals in 21 games, cannot be ignored, but neither can it be seen in isolation and as a tool to suggest that he does not have what it takes to play. for one side of the ‘big six’.

To see that the Champions League winner, who Jamie Redknapp once said “has it all”, can still reach the top level, we only have to look at his final years with his boyhood club, Aston Villa.

In his penultimate season with the Birmingham team, the “superstar” playmaker, as host Dan Bardell dubbed him, scored ten goals and eight assists in 41 games for the relegation-threatened team, and then did even better in the following campaign, accumulating seven goals and ten assists in only 27 games, which represents an average of one goal every 1.58 games.

Ultimately, fans may be hesitant about Grealish’s potential signing this month, but if the ultra-aggressive Postecoglou can take the shackles off him and return him to his best, then Spurs will have a sensational footballer on their hands.