Tottenham Hotspur have been advised they would be the perfect fit for Manchester City star Jack Grealish. The £100million man is one of many players struggling for form in Pep Guardiola’s side but Troy Deeney believes Spurs could be the ideal move to help Grealish reignite his career.

Grealish, 29, set the Premier League alight during his time at boyhood club Aston Villa and was a mainstay in the City side that won the treble in 2023. Since then, the winger has been in and out of the team, making just five league starts so far this term.

As City continue to grapple with their significant drop-off in form, the club will be expected to revamp their squad next season. While there has been no suggestion that Spurs are interested in signing Grealish, Deeney believes that the City star would easily usurp Tottenham’s star players, such as Dejan Kulusevski and James Maddison, in the pecking order.

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“Spurs, he walks into that team in every position. Whether that’s as a winger, No.10 or No.8,” Deeney told talkSPORT. “Arsenal, no, I don’t think he works at Arsenal. Liverpool, he doesn’t at Liverpool. He’s obviously not going to go Manchester United, but he’s better than what they’ve got.

“Newcastle, easy. There’s loads of teams, anyone outside the top four, I’d argue he’d do well at Chelsea, but they’ve got about 75 wingers. He’s probably too cheap for them at £100m to be fair, they’d want to waste a bit more money!

“Anyone outside the top four, he would easily go into and dominate, if he went to Newcastle, it would be considered a massive step down for him. But it’s a great club with a great fanbase and I think Jack needs to feel that again, feel that he’s loved, feel that the fanbase love him, but also he’s the man to drive them forward.”

Deeney ruled out the possibility of Grealish returning to Villa, partly due to the pundit’s own Birmingham City bias but also to avoid the added pressure of replicating his earlier success. However, the former Watford icon believes the forward is approaching a pivotal point in his career.

“I think he is in danger of having his legacy ruined,” Deeney argued. “And what I mean by that is, I don’t think you can say he hasn’t lived up to his potential, because look at what he did at Villa and he did it for a sustained period of time.

“What’s happening now is, in football, it’s, ‘What have you done lately?’ and he hasn’t done a great deal lately due to injuries and being out of the team.”

“I think a fresh start would be great for him and somewhere where he’s the main man again and everyone is giving him the ball,” he added. “Because people like Jack, they need to have the ball every couple of minutes – and not being stood on the side – and when they get it, run a little bit and pass it back.

“But I think you’re going to see a new role for him at City, I think you’re going to see him as a No.8 – just driving out of midfield. I think he can handle that position really well, and that’ll be good for England as well.”

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