Spurs looking to strengthen their attack
Solanke signed over the summer in a deal worth £65m. It was a move that raised eyebrows. After all, the Chelsea academy graduate had only really scored goals regularly at Premier League level in one season.
You can perhaps understand why there is a reluctance to solely rely on him then. Indeed, according to reports from Football Insider last weekend, another striker could arrive at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in 2025.
That forward is Porto powerhouse Samu Omorodion. The Spaniard only traded Atletico Madrid for Portugal over the summer after a move to Chelsea broke down but English clubs still have a vested interest in the 20-year-old.
The report notes that Spurs have sent scouts to watch the player and were in attendance as the young attacker scored twice against Manchester United in the Europa League last week.
Dominic Solanke has had a brilliant start to life at Tottenham. He was exactly what they needed. A focal point, a frontman, someone capable of linking the play, dropping in and scoring goals. Harry Kane, pretty much, isn’t it?
Well, Solanke is his own man and he could coincidentally don an England jersey alongside Kane over the coming days having been named in Lee Carsley’s latest Three Lions squad.It’s a just reward for a fine first few months at Spurs in which he’s overcome injury to score three goals and supply two assistsacross eight outings.
Even during the club’s disastrous 3-2 defeat to Brighton, the former Bournemouth man came away from the South Coast with praise.
He played a delicious ball in behind the Seagulls’ defence for Brennan Johnson’s opener and was involved in James Maddison’s goal too.
