Simply over three weeks stay of this summer season’s switch window, and whereas the signings of Archie Grey and Yang Min-Hyeok are undoubtedly thrilling, they aren’t sufficient if Tottenham Hotspur are critical about climbing the Premier League desk subsequent season.
If Ange Postecoglou goes to guide his aspect into the Champions League on the second try, he’ll want Daniel Levy and Co to signal him some first-team-level gamers within the coming weeks, and thankfully, that appears to be on the playing cards.
Latest stories have closely linked the Lilywhites with one of the inform strikers in England, who, if he had been to affix, would undeniably be the membership’s finest striker since Harry Kane left final summer season.
Tottenham Hotspur’s striker search
In keeping with a latest report from Soccer Insider, Tottenham have intensified their curiosity in Bournemouth’s Dominic Solanke.
The truth is, the report claims that the Lilywhites are actually ‘closing in’ on the Englishman as they proceed talks with the Cherries.
The South Coast membership need £65m for his or her star striker, however Soccer Insider have revealed that the North Londoners want to convey that sum down by providing a bigger preliminary fee.
Regardless of the remaining price, signing Solanke shall be a expensive endeavor for Spurs, however given his kind final season, one price making as he’d be their finest striker since Kane.
Why Solanke could be Spurs’ finest striker since Kane
It is solely been a yr since Kane left Spurs, however the void he left within the squad was huge, and take a look at as they may, the Lilywhites’ remaining attackers haven’t been capable of genuinely fill it.
In his remaining marketing campaign with the membership, the Englishman racked up a frankly ridiculous 32 targets and 5 assists in 49 appearances, that means he averaged a aim involvement as soon as each 1.32 video games regardless of the crew struggling beneath Antonio Conte’s tenure.
The closest a participant bought to the 31-year-old’s tally of 32 targets final season was Son, however even then, he scored 17, or 15 fewer.
Furthermore, the crew’s £60m striker, Richarlison, might solely handle 12 targets in his 31 appearances for Postecoglou, and whereas he additionally offered 4 assists, it is evident that he is not a pure quantity 9.
In distinction, Solanke managed to rack up a severely spectacular tally of 21 targets in 42 appearances for an at-best mid-table Bournemouth aspect final season whereas additionally chipping in with 4 assists, equating to a mean of a aim involvement each 1.68 video games.
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Solanke vs Spurs’ most efficient gamers in 23/24 |
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Participant |
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Appearances |
42 |
36 |
31 |
34 |
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Targets |
21 |
17 |
12 |
5 |
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Assists |
4 |
10 |
4 |
10 |
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Objective Involvements per Match |
0.59 |
0.75 |
0.51 |
0.44 |
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All Stats by way of Transfermarkt |
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Finally, whereas the “predatory” 26-year-old, as dubbed by former skilled Kris Boyd, would undoubtedly add a standard aim risk that was lacking from Posetcoglou’s crew final season and change into the membership’s finest centre-forward because the former captain, no person expects him to achieve the identical world-class heights, as that might be unfair.
Nonetheless, he is confirmed himself to be a top quality goalscorer, and with the added advantages of his 6 foot 2 stature and speedy tempo, he could be a superb signing in his personal proper. Due to this fact, Levy and Co ought to do every little thing attainable to get this deal over the road.
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