The North London team has set its sights on this prolific forward and is still interested in adding a striker.
There have been many ups and downs in the seven months since Ange Postecoglou joined Tottenham Hotspur, but there is a clear vision and execution that shows growth that could eventually lead to something exceptional.
As the Australian concluded a remarkable time with Scottish Premiership winners Celtic, he was met with a plethora of issues upon his arrival, with Spurs wallowing in eighth position in the Premier League and missing out on continental qualification as a result.
The squad’s need for broad change was quickly addressed with impactful transfer market signings, albeit rumors of Harry Kane’s potential exit proved true in the end, and the club’s record scorer left in August for Bayern Munich.
Kane has yet to be directly replaced, with summer spending saturating the squad and Timo Werner’s arrival last week due to his mobility across the frontline; the Germany international is not the clinical presence to lead the line in the coming years.
With Werner and Radu Dragusin joining this month and a midfielder still needed, it is doubtful that a centre-forward will be signed this winter, however plans are being made.
Tottenham’s striker search
Feyenoord striker Santiago Gimenez is said to be a transfer target, but with Arsenal and West Ham United also interested and the Dutch Eredivisie champions hesitant to discuss business until the summer, Tottenham are understandably looking elsewhere.
This brings us to Dominic Solanke, who has emerged as a potential transfer target for Tottenham following claims that surfaced before the new year.
Spurs are ‘looking at’ signing the player, according to Football Insider, but will have to battle with Arsenal and Newcastle United for the Bournemouth talisman, with the Cherries bracing for his exit and hanging a £50m price tag on his signature.
Dominic Solanke’s Season in Numbers
Solanke has been on Bournemouth’s books for several years and has made incremental improvements throughout, signing from Liverpool aged 21 for £19 million in 2019 and only scoring three goals and two assists in 42 Premier League appearances in the season-and-a-half before the south coast club was relegated.
On a personal level, Solanke’s drop to the second tier was a gift in disguise, allowing him to hone his skills to perfection – 44 goals and 18 assists in 86 Championship appearances – before returning to the top flight in 2022 and rising to prominence.
Last season, the one-cap England international scored six goals and assisted seven times in 33 Premier League games, but he has been liberated by new boss Andoni Iraola since the summer and is one of the division’s most dangerous forwards this season.
Only outdone by Erling Haaland and Mohamed Salah, two of the top goal scorers of their time, Solanke has been in blistering form and has played a key role in his team’s recent purple patch, scoring in four of the seven triumphs.
According to Sofascore, he has averaged 3.5 shots per game, demonstrating his newfound prowess as a powerful and mobile attacker, always lurking and ready to drift into the danger zone to shoot on goal.
The “predatory” Solanke, who has been sculpted into a “top, multi-faceted forward” as noted by The Athletic’s Jacob Tanswell, would be the ideal talisman to complete Tottenham’s frontline, with a style to rival Brentford’s Ivan Toney.
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