Tottenham Hotspur have some issues up front and they could look to rectify that in the January transfer window
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Tottenham Hotspur will look to build on Tuesday night’s 4-0 win over Copenhagen in the Champions League when they host Manchester United on Saturday afternoon.
Spurs have had inconsistent form at home this campaign as they host a resurgent Red Devils side. Ruben Amorim’s side have won three of their last four games. However Spurs were beaten 1-0 by Chelsea last weekend with some fans booing the performance as the scoreline flattered the tepid display from the home side.
One of Tottenham’s biggest issues this campaign is a lack of goals from their strikers - either because of poor form or injuries. Centre-back Micky van de Ven is the club’s top-scorer with six goals while defensive midfielder Joao Palhinha is joint-second with four goals. Right winger Brennan Johnson also has four goals.
Richarlison has three goals while Mathys Tel has scored just once and Randal Kolo Muani has yet to score. Dominic Solanke has played just 49 minutes due to injury and is yet to score. As Spurs struggle with their strikers, they have been linked with a move for an ex-Premier League frontman who Thomas Frank knows well.
Tottenham linked with move for Ivan Toney
Frank wants to bring Ivan Toney back to the Premier League with Tottenham, according to a report from talkSPORT.
Toney joined Saudi Pro League outfit Al Ahli in the 2024 summer transfer window as he left Brentford for £40m. The 29-year-old still has plenty to offer and scored 72 goals and provided 23 assists in 141 appearances for Brentford under Frank.
He has scored 41 goals in 59 games for Al Ahli but a move back to England could boost his hopes of reaching the World Cup as part of Thomas Tuchel’s Three Lions squad. He has been left out of the last two squads after a surprise inclusion in the summer.
"Of course, Ivan Toney I coached for a few years, top player, top guy, very good striker, so let’s see what happens in the future,” Frank said of Toney last month.
Ivan Toney move to Tottenham branded ‘perfect fit’
Toney does earn £400,000 a week in Saudi Arabia which could prove a stumbling block to his return to England. His hopes of playing the World Cup and the chance to reunite with Frank could sway him into reducing his weekly pay significantly.
TalkSPORT's chief football correspondent Alex Crook said of a possible move for Toney: “I think they're light up front, Tottenham. Obviously the ongoing injury issues with Dominic Solanke has been a problem for Thomas Frank.
“I wasn't convinced by Mathys Tel last season - I wasn't really too sure why Spurs made that move permanent. Kolo Muani at the moment I would probably put in a similar bracket.
“I keep coming back to Ivan Toney for Tottenham. You look at what he did with Thomas Frank at Brentford.
“I think he'd like to come back to the Premier League, obviously financially it might be a difficult deal, but that just looks a perfect fit to me for Spurs either in January or next summer.”