Ange Postecoglou will be hoping club chief Johan Lange can help him build a dream Tottenham attack for the 2024/25 campaign. Over the last 12 months, the Lilywhites have signed Brennan Johnson, Manor Solomon, James Maddison and Timo Werner to bolster their frontline but Postecoglou wants more.
"At Celtic, I had Kyogo, who was a sort of out and out number nine and in Japan, I've always had a striker. It just depends, like last year we had to be a bit creative, it's fair to say," he revealed when speaking to football.london. "You know but if Harry would have stayed I definitely would have used him. So I think for us what's more important is the type of striker we get. You know we play a certain way.
"We demand certain things from a physical perspective from the technical aspects of it that it's going be a striker that fits that mould. It's still the area of the park we're really probably the thinnest when I talk about squad-wise at the moment, so obviously that's a focus for us."
Spurs are expected to bring in a new attacker this summer, especially given the comments from the Tottenham boss with Jonathan David, Desire Doue, Jacob Ramsey and Pedro Neto all linked. The Lilywhites bagged 74 Premier League goals during the last campaign with Son Heung-min and Richarlison both hitting double figures.
The Brazil international hit a purple patch of form during the winter but injuries prevented him from making a prolonged impact, which often meant others had to contribute. Despite being the club's first-choice central defenders, Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven combining to hit eight goals.
A squad clear-out taking place before the summer window closes appears an aim for Postecoglou with Richarlison one of the players the club are open to selling. Back in 2022, Spurs completed a £60million deal to sign him from Everton and now two years on, the club are hopeful of recouping that fee.
Lille's David and Santiago Gimenez of Feyenoord have been linked as potential replacements but Premier League experience counts for so much and therefore Solanke would be the dream striker addition, if Spurs can agree a deal in the region of £40million.
football.london reported back in June that the 26-year-old was on the club's striker transfer shortlist with a move now being explored, as per transfer guru Fabrizio Romano. Signing the 26-year-old, who did not miss one game through injury last season in comparison to Richarlison's nine, would allow Son to push back out to the left with Werner as the back-up option.
On the opposite flank, Dejan Kulusevski and Brennan Johnson would be competing for the spot, with a deal for Pedro Neto a major risk given the requirements needed to sign him, and therefore Johnson gets the nod in my view because of his superb crossing abilities that Solanke would thrive off.
If Tottenham can also get a deal for Eberechi Eze over the line, Spurs would have quite the number of exciting options at Postecoglou's disposal. His arrival from Crystal Palace may affect the minutes of James Maddison but it is certainly plausible that both can play in midfield ahead of Yves Bissouma.