Tottenham will ramp up their pursuit of James Maddison after appointing Ange Postecoglou
Tottenham will ramp up their pursuit of James Maddison after appointing Ange Postecoglou, with Leicester expected to lower £60m asking price for midfielder after relegation
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Tottenham are poised to step up their interest in James Maddison after finalising a deal to make Ange Postecoglou their new manager this week.
Maddison will leave Leicester – who are without a boss themselves – this summer following the club’s relegation to the Championship.
The Foxes valued Maddison at about £60million when they rejected offers from Newcastle but now they are in the second tier and with only a year remaining on Maddison’s contract, they are unlikely to generate that fee.
Maddison has been on Spurs’ radar since he was a 17-year-old breaking into the first team at Coventry in the 2014-15 season.
They decided against moving for Maddison on two previous occasions, when he left the Sky Blues to join Norwich in January 2016, and when he joined Leicester two-and-a-half years later. Yet he has admirers in north London and Spurs are likely to enter the race.
James Maddison was Leicester City’s second-highest scorer and leading assist maker last term
Ange Postecoglou spent two very successful seasons with Celtic before becoming Spurs boss
The Foxes are set for a huge squad overhaul following their relegation from the Premier League
Yet they may not be the only club to move for Maddison, who has long had dreams of playing European football. As well as Newcastle, Arsenal showed an interest two summers ago, as did Manchester United in the year before that.
Despite Leicester’s relegation, Maddison has established himself as one of the best creators in the Premier League in the last two seasons. He produced 12 goals and eight assists in the 2021-22 campaign and followed it with 10 goals and nine assists in the recently-concluded one.
Maddison was also included in the England squad for last winter’s World Cup though a knee problem meant he did not make an appearance in the run to the quarter-finals.
The 26-year-old will not be the only senior player to leave Leicester in a summer of upheaval for the club. Winger Harvey Barnes is admired by Aston Villa and West Ham while Kelechi Iheanacho and Wilfred Ndidi have just 12 months left on their contracts and could also depart.
