Tottenham paid their attention to Ebelechi Eze and participated in talks with Crystal Palace for a potential transfer for the international in England, includes the AP news agency.
The Spurs have aroused a long -standing interest for Eze, going back to his stay in QPR, but he later signed for Palace in 2020.
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Eze has since become one of the best fields of land attacking the Premier League and the owner of New Tottenham, Thomas Frank, took the landing of 27 years before the closure of the summer transfer window.
James Maddison is swept away by medical staff after being injured during a pre-season friend against Newcastle in Seoul on August 3 (Ahn Young-Joon / AP)
Frank needs creativity after chief playmaker James Maddison recently broke the anterior cross ligament in his right knee and with his colleague in the field Dejan Kulusevski always sidelined in the foreseeable future after his own knee operation.
After a failed prosecution of the captain of the Nottingham forest, Morgan Gibbs-White, last month, the Spurs increased their transfer activity this week, opening the talks with Manchester City on Monday about the signature of the versatile attacker Savinho and now in discussions with Palace Over Eze.
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The midfielder of England Eze has two years on his contract at the Selhurst Park and helped the club at the CUP in FA and the success of the community armor in recent months, the latter triumphs obtained by a shooting victory on the penalty on Liverpool at Wembley on Sunday.
Thomas Frank is expected to face the media in Udine later Tuesday (Nigel French / PA)
PA includes a liberation clause in the region of 68 million pounds sterling remains active in the current terms of Eze, but is expected to expire on Friday.
It remains to be seen if Tottenham will activate the clause or will try to negotiate a more favorable agreement, but the champions of the Europa League are determined to sign Eze, which marked 14 times and produced 11 assists in 43 appearances during the 2024-25 season.
The spurs Frank head coach will be questioned about transfers when he faces the media on Tuesday before the shock of the Super Cup on Wednesday evening with Paris St Germain in Udine.