Tottenham Hotspur need to sign attacking reinforcements this summer transfer window, as they have a serious lack of difference-makers up front. Brennan Johnson was the only Spurs player to score at least 10 goals in the Premier League last season, and no player registered 10 assists.
Thomas Frank is expected to take over as the next Tottenham coach for Ange Postecoglou, and after leading a Brentford line that boasted Yoane Wissa, Bryan Mbeumo, Kevin Schade, and Mikel Damsgaard, Frank will have his work cut out for him at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in 2025/26.
In addition to trying to bring Mbeumo with him to fill the right wing position, which will be a lot easier said than done for Spurs when the stingy Daniel Levy is their chairman, Frank is expected to try and bring a starting-caliber left winger with him to Tottenham, too.
TalkSPORT's Ben Jacobs reports that while Mathys Tel is expected back at Tottenham permanently going forward despite Postecoglou's dismisal, Tottenham won't just settle for purchasing the Frenchman permanently from Bayern Munich as their solution on the left wing.
Tottenham won't settle for one new left winger this summer
Tottenham reportedly want to sign another left winger in addition to Tel, and they are indeed interested in Manchester City left winger Jack Grealish, who has other Premier League clubs lining up to sign him after the Citizens made it clear that he's not a part of Pep Guardiola's future plans.
Grealish has been consistently linked to Tottenham in the past, and while those links cooled recently, Jacobs has put them squarely back into play now that a deal could actually happen. Although Grealish is 29, he's three years younger than Son Heung-min, who has been increasingly the subject of transfer speculation, with Saudi Arabia clubs renewing their approach for the South Korean icon after Postecoglou's firing.
The Europa League win, combined with the loss of Postecoglou, could leave Son with the idea that this is a natural goodbye to Tottenham, moving on to the next - more financially lucrative - stage of his career. While most Tottenham fans won't want to see Son go, a combination of Son himself and Levy could lead to Spurs needing to find a replacement.
Grealish is a legitimate option. Although he hasn't been very productive for City of late and took a clear backseat to younger options last season, talent has never been a question with Grealish. One of the most exciting players in the Premier League at Aston Villa, Guardiola frustratingly turned him into more of a progressive winger than a true difference-maker, but in this unselfish role, the England international proved to be indispensable in Man City's treble triumph of 2022/23.
Now that Frank is close to taking the Tottenham job, links to left wingers will become pronounced, because even if Son stays for another year, his contract is running out and Spurs will need to find a long-term replacement regardless. Grealish isn't really a long-term solution, but he's a couple of years younger than Son and could bridge the gap until someone like Tel is ready to start every week for Tottenham.