The news has been pointing this direction for a while now, but finally we get the most solid reporting yet that Manor Solmon is leaving Tottenham Hotspur. Fabrizio Romano (sigh) tweeted this afternoon that full agreement has been reached between Tottenham and West Ham, and Solomon will be heading across town to play football in the Championship next season. The deal is a permanent one.
I’ll say again that £5m + £2m in add-ons is a fire-sale price for a player like Manor who has already proven that he can do well in the second division. That said, Solomon has proven himself to be a divisive — there I go using that word again — player who has been pretty much shut out by Spurs’ last three managers, including Roberto De Zerbi who actually managed him at Shakhtar Donetsk from where he was signed three years ago. That tells me a lot. Clearly Spurs’ priorities were more finding him a new club and less making any sort of substantial profit on his sale.
I won’t belabor this and anyway I’m not opening the comments for this or any future Solomon article because honestly I’m just sick to death of the guy and am glad I no longer really have to write about him or moderate any more comment sections that discuss him. He was here, he didn’t do much, and now he’s nearly gone.
I will say that Solomon feels like a really weird fit for a club like West Ham considering their fans’ past, y’know, conduct towards Tottenham Hotspur. A cursory social media search suggests this isn’t the most popular signing with that lot. I do really, honestly hope that it doesn’t turn out to be as bad a situation as I think it potentially could be, and that’s all I’m going to say about that.
But Solomon is a tested and proven attacker at West Ham’s current level and I have no doubt he’ll do well there. Honestly, for what it’s worth I’m just glad it’s (almost) finally over.