Tottenham Hotspur striker Dominic Solanke has appeared in just three games during the 2025/26 season thus far, all of them off the bench. Spurs have not featured the English forward in a single game since he got 12 minutes on Aug. 23 against Manchester City.
In late September, Tottenham told everyone that Solanke had underwent a minor surgery on his ankle, and because it was termed as a minor, clean up procedure by head coach Thomas Frank, Spurs supporters were assuming Solanke would be back any time now.
Well, it's been two months later, and Solanke seems no closer to returning than he was back then. Sometimes, we hear updates from Frank about how Solanke is a week or two away, about how he is close, about how he is training. And because Spurs fans know better than to believe anything and have seen how injuries have ravaged the squad to the point where minor absences become lengthy spells on the sidelines, they knew to expect the worst with Solanke.
Dominic Solanke is gone with the wind
But it's getting ridiculous at this point. Solanke has played a grand total of 31 Premier League minutes this season - none since the end of August. He is missing in action, and with Richarlison pretty much the same - except, you know, he's actually on the pitch - Spurs are entirely reliant on Randal Kolo Muani, who finally recovered from the deadest of legs, to carry the striker position.
Spurs spent a record 65 million pounds on Solanke two summers ago. He was critical in the Europa League win, yes, but aside from that, Spurs have very little to show for their investment in the all around forward.
Tottenham fans are pushing for answers now from the club as to what is really going on with Solanke. If he's supposedly been close to a return weeks ago and if the procedure was only a minor one, why, then is he still out? Why has he only been able to play 31 minutes? Why was he able to return in August to start the season after last season's injury, only to get knocked out again in September?
Solanke should be an important part of a Tottenham squad that is very, very thin at the forward positions, including the No. 9. He is nowhere to be found, and Spurs are going to have to address this soon; fans are starting to wonder what is really going on here and if they will ever see Solanke out there again this season.