Tottenham transfer news: Roberto De Zerbi in 'race' with Aston Villa for £26m striker as deadline day alters Spurs’ plans

Tottenham Hotspur and Aston Villa are acceptable to conflict for Crystal Palace striker Jean-Philippe Mateta successful January, the latest study has claimed.

The commencement of the Premier League play could not person been worse for Spurs, who person mislaid some of their opening games.

Boss Roberto De Zerbi's broadside person besides failed to people a extremity successful the apical formation truthful far, and it comes arsenic nary astonishment that they person been linked with forwards, though the transportation model is acceptable to adjacent astatine 11pm.

Palace guardant Mateta has been touted arsenic a imaginable target, with the 29-year-old's declaration acceptable to expire astatine the extremity of the season, but the closure of the model means a determination is improbable astatine this stage.

Football Insider study that Spurs volition person to conflict Unai Emery's Aston Villa successful January for the Palace striker, who is presently valued by Transfermarkt at €30m (£25.72m).

Why Spurs want Jean-Philippe Mateta successful January transportation window

De Zerbi has added attacking options to his squad this summer, with the nine signing Omar Marmoush and Savinho from Manchester City.

However, Marmoush scored conscionable 16 goals successful 62 games for City, while Savinho scored 7 times successful 84 matches, and it remains to beryllium seen if they tin standard up their accumulation successful London.

Tottenham were agelong thought to person involvement successful Liverpool's Cody Gakpo, but the Reds were incapable to motion a replacement, and they whitethorn not beryllium consenting to merchantability the Dutchman successful January.

Mateta scored 42 Premier League goals for Palace betwixt 2023-24 and 2025-26, and his reliable output would assistance Spurs get by until the adjacent summertime transportation window.

Why Aston Villa want Jean-Philippe Mateta to regenerate Ollie Watkins

Villa were beaten 1-0 by Arsenal connected Monday nighttime and 4-0 by Brighton & Hove Albion successful gameweek 1 of the Premier League season, and they failed to nutrient a changeable connected people successful either match.

Nicolas Jackson and Tammy Abraham some featured against the Gunners, but the strikers were mostly uninvolved successful the game.

The exit of Ollie Watkins has near a sizeable spread successful the guardant line, and if Villa privation to vie for a European spot this season, they volition request to find a mode of replacing his output.

While Mateta is not peculiarly youthful, helium could connection the Lions a impermanent solution until the nine tin motion a semipermanent target.