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Tottenham Hotspur fans are used to transfer deadline day activity and their club's move for Aston Villa midfielder Jack Grealish is expected to reach its conclusion in the window's final hours.

Spurs, who are the only Premier League club yet to conclude any transfer business, have chased the 22-year midfielder all summer but it appears that the success of his deal will come down to the final 24 hours of talks over his move.

Grealish is keen on the move to play under Mauricio Pochettino and experience Champions League football and Aston Villa manager Steve Bruce will not stand in his way if Spurs pay the Midlands club's valuation of the player.

However, it is that valuation that is still the sticking point after months of interest. Villa are still looking for a fee of more than £30m but Tottenham are believed to have only gone as far as £25m during their latest round of talks.

football.london understands that speculation that Grealish would undertake his medical with Tottenham on Wednesday are untrue and the move would only be done on Thursday if the two clubs can come to a compromise which is not a guarantee right now.

Grealish fits in with Tottenham's desire to sign homegrown players this window to balance out a squad that has three more "non-locally trained" players than Champions League rules allow.

Bruce admitted this week that it was "difficult" for Villa to compete with a side like Spurs but that they would only accept a "huge, huge" fee for the midfielder.

Villa have been boosted by their recent investment which has helped with their day to day running costs, but the club are still believed to have a £50m deficit to fix by the time of their next financial fair play assessment in March and Grealish is their most valuable playing asset.

Tottenham are looking to make at least two signings before Thursday's 5pm deadline and the club are expected to make another late attempt for Manchester United's Anthony Martial - continuing to use Jose Mourinho's interest in Toby Alderweireld as leverage.

So far United have proved resistant to Tottenham's attempts to sign Martial, but with their other defensive options proving hard to secure, the Manchester club will have to decide whether to include the wantaway Frenchman in any deal or meet Tottenham's asking price which is closer to £60m for Alderweireld.

Spurs are not rushing to sell any of their players before the Premier League deadline, with the knowledge that much of the rest of Europe will still have another month to buy players, including various foreign fringe players such as Vincent Janssen and Georges-Kevin Nkoudou.

However, Pochettino is looking to have his squad ready and prepared to handle any expected departures during the first month of the Premier League season.

Academy players Josh Onomah - who Bruce is a big fan of, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Luke Amos and Kyle Walker-Peters could be retained over the coming weeks as part of that scenario with a decision on their short-term futures made before the Championship loan window closes on August 31.

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