Tottenham will step up their search for another playmaker after accepting defeat in the long pursuit of Eberechi Eze.
Crystal Palace star Eze is bound for his boyhood club Arsenal, who swooped on Wednesday to hijack the £60million deal put in place by their North London rivals.
Spurs feel they could not have done any more to sign the 27-year-old England international and will reluctantly move on in their search of creativity to fill the void left by injuries to James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski.