Apart from Saturday’s loss to Bayern Munich, Tottenham Hotspur’s preseason has gone really well thus far.
Although they may not be the strongest opponents, Ange Postecoglou’s team has shown supporters what to expect from them in the upcoming season with victories over Hearts, Queens Park Rangers, Vissel Kobe, and the K-League XI.
To assist the Australian manager succeed in North London, Daniel Levy and company must step up their efforts in the market with less than a month left in the transfer window.
Thankfully, it seems like that’s happening because the most recent player rumored to be joining N17 would be a true game-changer and Son Heung-min’s ideal teammate.
News on Tottenham Hotspur transfers.
As per a recent report by Caught Offside, Tottenham has persisted in their interest in Dominic Solanke, the striker for Bournemouth, and have had conversations with his entourage to obtain additional details regarding a possible transfer.
The Lilywhites are ‘willing to test Bournemouth and the player’s resolve,’ according to the source, with an offer of around €50 million, or roughly £43 million.
According to the source, the Englishman would consider a move “provided he receives a good offer.” However, since Arsenal and Liverpool are rumored to be interested as well, Levy and company may want to act quickly if they want to sign him.
Even though Solanke isn’t the most exciting striker right now, he showed his abilities last season, and with Son under Postecoglou, he might be incredible.
Why Son would love to have Solanke as a teammate.
Alright, so there are a lot of reasons why Solanke would make a fantastic teammate for Son, like his demeanor or how he acts in training, but for someone in his position, there is only really one that matters, and that is his production.
When it comes right down to it, the Lilywhites skipper most likely wants a clinical finisher to his right, someone he can trust to finish the opportunities he works so hard to generate out wide or in midfield. That’s what he would have with the Cherries ace.
Remarkably, he scored 19 goals in the Premier League, good for a tie for fourth place in the list of top scorers with some of the biggest names in the league, like Phil Foden and Ollie Watkins. Furthermore, the Englishman would have easily been the Spurs team’s top goalscorer and second most productive player last season behind only the South Korean star thanks to his remarkable 24 goals and assists.
Finally, all it takes to understand that Son needs a dependable striker beside him is a glance at Understat’s conclusion that Son underperformed his projected goals in the league last season by 3.34. He would have exactly that in the former Chelsea jewel, and we’d bet that Understat would have him considerably closer to, if not slightly over, his predicted assist total by now next year.
Even if Tottenham scored a respectable amount of goals last season, the fact that six other teams scored more is sufficient proof that they want a new top striker. Levy and Co. should hire Solanke if they can afford to pay him about £43 million, as he seems like the ideal candidate.
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