Tottenham Hotspur are finally getting some serious production out of the striker position with Dominic Solanke's return to health and form, but they could still use a young understudy - and Etta Eyong is a perfect option.
Eyong has not been concretely linked to Spurs yet by a top transfer reporter, but we have seen the breakout La Liga star whispered in links to Tottenham
Recently transferred from Villarreal to Levante at the beginning of the La Liga campaign, Eyong has been one of the top young strikers in Spanish football, and although his production has recently cooled, that has more to do with the dysfunction surrounding the Frogs.
Tottenham could buy Etta Eyong for 30 million euros
Speaking of Levante's issues, the club recently fielded a 30 million euro transfer offer from CSKA Moscow for their most prized possession. According to Fabrizio Romano, Eyong understandably has no interest in moving to the Russian league, which would essentially be the death of his career without even the wages to match like what a young star would get from, say, Saudi Arabia.
Romano says that Levante were actually open to selling Eyong for just 30 million, but because Eyong won't do it, the deal is off. Eyong wants to stay with the La Liga side until the end of the 2025/26 season and then move in the summer to a European club, which, by that, Fab presumably means a top five league in Europe and not the Russian division.
To make matters more interesting in all of this, Levante benched their star man in their rivalry game against Villarreal, which, of course, the Frogs lost 1-0 without their only real attacking threat.
The fact that Levante are open to selling Eyong is great news for Tottenham, and the fact that they were willing to dump him off to Moscow for 30 million euros is even better news, since it means Spurs can sign one of the best young strikers in Europe for just about nothing.
Tottenham have one solution at striker in Solanke but nothing else beyond him. Randal Kolo Muani is mentally checked out and done after his loan from PSG is up, while, in an ideal world, Spurs would move on from the one-dimensional and injury-prone Richarlison in the summer 2026 transfer window to recoup some semblance of a transfer fee while they can.
Spurs need to be at least two-deep at striker, and since they have a veteran Premier League No. 9 with a well-rounded skill-set, going after a high-upside young backup with explosiveness and raw goal-scoring upside makes sense.
Eyong is going to be available, that much is clear. Levante are willing to sell for money, they are going nowhere in La Liga (and should be going down, in all honesty), and Eyong himself seems desperate to leave for a bigger club in the summer. By benching him, Levante are only hurting themselves sporting-wise and alienating Eyong further.
At this point, Eyong's departure is guaranteed. The 22-year-old is the sort of low-cost, high-reward transfer target at striker Tottenham need to be invested in, because, well, there may be little else out there for them to acquire in June and July.