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Manchester City to demand £50m+ for Jack Grealish amid Tottenham transfer interest

Bryan King

Bryan King is a former professional goalkeeper who spent six years as a senior scout at Spurs and 28 years in total in first-team scouting roles. He also spent eight years on Everton’s recruitment team and 11 years scouting at Aston Villa across two different spells. Tottenham News is delighted to share Bryan's expertise on all things Spurs on a daily basis.

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Bryan King can't see Manchester City star Jack Grealish signing for Tottenham.

The ex-Spurs scout thinks Pep Guardiola's side would want at least £50million-plus for the 29-year-old.

As reported by Give Me Sport (11 November), Tottenham are facing an uphill battle to lure Grealish to the club as the finances involved do not align with Daniel Levy's plans.

And King - speaking exclusively to Tottenham News - doesn't think it would be a good move for the player either.

“I can’t see Grealish joining Tottenham,” King said.

“Manchester City will want a substantial fee for him. After all, they signed him for £100million, and it is going to be difficult to get that money back.

“However, they will want at least more than half of it back if he leaves the football club. I just can’t see Grealish at Spurs. If he came to London, there are an awful lot of distractions, it is a big city, I just don’t think Tottenham is the club for Grealish.”

Tottenham to miss out on Manchester City star Jack Grealish?

If Spurs were to sign Grealish, he would likely need to become their record signing.

In addition, he would also likely need to become the club's highest earner. Therefore, it is unlikely to see this transfer rumour coming to fruition.

Grealish will also be turning 30 at the beginning of next season. As a result, breaking the bank for the England international likely wouldn't be wise.

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