{"id":52554,"date":"2025-07-09T22:58:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T22:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/52554\/"},"modified":"2025-07-09T22:58:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T22:58:09","slug":"james-maddison-admits-40m-player-tottenham-want-to-sign-distracts-him-too-much-thomas-frank-must-think-twice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/52554\/","title":{"rendered":"James Maddison admits \u00a340m player Tottenham want to sign distracts him too much, Thomas Frank must think twice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

James Maddison has enjoyed a productive time at Tottenham since his arrival in June 2023.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The England international was made vice-captain by Ange Postecoglou, and played a key role as Spurs lifted the UEFA Europa League last season, scoring three goals and providing four assists in 11 European outings.<\/p>\n

However, James Maddison<\/a> could have his focus swayed if Tottenham<\/a> sign Jack Grealish<\/a> after what he admitted to BBC Sport at Wimbledon. <\/p>\n

James Maddison shares honest comment about Jack Grealish<\/p>\n

TBR Football<\/strong> understand Tottenham are monitoring Grealish<\/a> this summer as Manchester City aim to offload the \u00a3100m man, who they now value at \u00a340m.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

However, Thomas Frank may have second thoughts over pursuing a deal for the Manchester City No.10 after what Maddison said.<\/p>\n

When asked who he would choose to be his partner for a doubles match in tennis, the Tottenham No.10 chose Brennan Johnson, before adding, unprompted: \u201cI\u2019d say Jack Grealish is a no-go. He\u2019d distract me. He makes me laugh too much, I wouldn\u2019t be able to concentrate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of course, Maddison is a professional \u2013 a top one at that having been given a leadership role at Tottenham \u2013 so we doubt a move for Grealish would genuinely have a negative impact.<\/p>\n

However, after hearing these comments, Frank might think twice about pairing the two together in N17.<\/p>\n

The No.10 department is too populated at Tottenham for Jack Grealish<\/p>\n

Regardless of what Maddison said about Grealish, we are unsure where the 29-year-old would actually fit in under Frank.<\/p>\n

Tottenham have now agreed a deal to sign Mohammed Kudus<\/a> \u2013 who wants to play centrally in a No.10 role.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

However, Frank typically uses a 4-2-3-1 formation with room for only one natural No.10 in the centre, and already has Maddison, Dejan Kulusevski and, soon, Kudus for that position.<\/p>\n

Grealish can also play on the left, but with Richarlison, Wilson Odobert, Heung-min Son, Mikey Moore and Mathys Tel in that area, perhaps Tottenham will cool their interest in the Manchester City outcast regardless of what Maddison admitted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"James Maddison has enjoyed a productive time at Tottenham since his arrival in June 2023. The England international…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":52555,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[6649,24037,39270,221,62,11131,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-52554","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-english-premier-league","9":"tag-jack-grealish","10":"tag-james-maddison","11":"tag-soccer","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-tottenham-hotspur","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114825757259230059","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52554\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}