Tottenham Hotspur are set to turned down the chance to sign Crystal Palace’s Wilfred Zaha in order to pursue the signing of Aston Villa star, Jack Grealish, This is according to The Sun.
Spurs tried to sign Wilfred Zaha last summer but failed in doing so. Now Crystal Palace have whacked a £70m price tag of the Ivorian, Spurs have laughed it off and turned their attentions elsewhere. Aston Villa, to be exact.
Aston Villa slapped a ridiculous £40m price tag on their star man at the start of the transfer window but Daniel Levy has flat out refused to pay that sort of money for the unproven Englishman.
This signing would be the first of Tottenham’s summer transfer window. Spurs wingers Erik Lamela and Heung-Min Son both signed new contracts on Thursday which will be music to Spurs fans ears.
Jack Grealish has made 58 Championship appearances throughout his professional career. During those games he’s scored eight goals and picked up ten assists. This is a very good record for a midfield player.
However, when you look at his record in the Premier League things very quickly start to go downhill. In 34 Premier League appearances, Grealish scored just one goal and picked up just one assist. This will surely leave a question mark over the true ability of Jack Grealish and whether he’s good enough for the Premier League, never mind for a top four club.
Keep an eye on this potential deal, we could be in for another long transfer saga.
