Tottenham Hotspur are still lacking in quality and depth on the wings after signing nobody in the winter transfer window, so bringing former Aston Villa man Moussa Diaby back for another Premier League stint could be a legitimate option.
Per sources close to Graeme Bailey of TEAM Talk, the Al-Ittihad star right winger is contemplating a move back to the Premier League in the summer 2026 transfer window, and London rivals Tottenham and Chelsea are both interested in the 26-year-old, who is still in his prime years as a wide forward.
Other top Premier League clubs like Liverpool and Newcastle United are also being linked, but Spurs may actually be the most intriguing option, since they were linked with the former Villa man before falling out of the race quickly behind Inter Milan. And Diaby ended up not moving at all in a saga similar to Ademola Lookman's, though the Nigerian eventually did move in the last winter window to Atletico Madrid - a transfer Spurs surely regret not making.
Moussa Diaby wants to move back to the Premier League
But do they regret not trying to sign Diaby? He is outgrowing the Saudi Pro League, as expected, putting up better assists and more explosive wing play than the geriatrics in his division, so it is no surprise that he is piqued by coming back to the Premier League.
Diaby didn't get along all that well in his first stint in England with Aston Villa, but the flashes of end product were there. Instead of giving himself the chance for an adjustment period, he bolted for the cash in the Saudi Pro League, perhaps pushed along by a Villa organization that is very content with selling young talents to Saudi for big money - look no further than striker Jhon Duran, too.
Tottenham have a burgeoning world-class right winger in Mohammed Kudus, and perhaps the same can be said for right-footed Wilson Odobert, who switched over there after Kudus's injury. Dejan Kulusevski is also a prolific right winger. But all three are currently injured, with Odobert tearing his ACL and Kulu still not back from his own severe knee injury.
Diaby has played on the left in the past, too, but his best position is on the right, where he was one of the best wingers in Europe while at Bayer Leverkusen before his Premier League transfer. Now, the Frenchman's cost may prohibit him from being the best option for Spurs as a backup to Kudus with Kulu and Odobert already on the books, but when it comes to playmaking, difference-making, and quality, Diaby may be the best right winger Spurs could get.