Aston Villa’s Jack Grealish reportedly favours a move to Tottenham Hotspur.
According to the Daily Mail, Aston Villa playmaker Jack Grealish prefers a move to Tottenham Hotspur over joining any other interested Premier League side.
Grealish, 23, has come up through the ranks with his boyhood club, and impressed in the Championship this past season with three goals and six assists in 30 games for Villa.
The attacking midfielder attempted to get Villa back into the Premier League, but they ultimately came up short in the Championship play-off final with a 1-0 defeat to Fulham at Wembley.
The knock-on effect of that defeat is that Villa are now in a financial hole, and may be forced to sell top talents this summer to balance the books, with Grealish attracting huge interest.
Now though, the Daily Mail report that Tottenham are at the front of the queue, and Grealish prefers a move to North London over joining other interested clubs such as Everton, Leicester City and West Ham United.
Spurs allegedly want Grealish to offer another creative option and take pressure off Christian Eriksen, with Mauricio Pochettino keen to work with another top English talent.
Villa want around £40million for Grealish, but given their financial nightmare right now, Spurs may well feel that they can drive that price down and hand Grealish a move to join Pochettino’s side.
Grealish lost his way a couple of years ago, but if he can focus on his talent and not off-field issues, then Tottenham could land one of the most naturally-talented English players around this summer.
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