Tottenham are still looking to add at least three new faces to Roberto De Zerbi's squad before the summer transfer window closes. And those three new signings will all be in forward positions.
Spurs have done some excellent business in the transfer market already this summer, backing their new head coach with more than £230million of investment in the playing staff.
Six players have arrived at the club, with Sandro Tonali, Mateus Fernandes and Jan Paul van Hecke the big-money arrivals. But as with any overhaul, departures are necessary and 11 players have also been allowed to leave.
Forward signings are a necessity at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Tottenham are in talks with Manchester City over the signing of Savinho - someone they came close to signing last summer only for a deal to fall through at the last moment - and are also in talks with Liverpool over a move to sign Cody Gakpo.
Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano has revealed that Spurs want to sign both, and are keen on adding a central striker to their ranks too.
Ask any Spurs supporter and they will tell you the side is lacking firepower and that a club looking to make inroads at the top of the table again cannot be going into a new Premier League season with only Dominic Solanke and Richarlison as the recognised strikers.
De Zerbi is not even sure if the Brazilian will still be at the club once the transfer window shuts on September 1.
I like him as a player and as a guy. He's unbelievable in terms of attitude and behaviour. But, in the end, we have to respect what he wants to do. I didn't understand well because sometimes he says he wants to stay, sometimes he wants to leave. We have to speak anyway. There is not any problem. He's a lovely guy.
Richarlison was the club's top scorer in what was a dismal 2025/26 campaign, netting 12 goals - 11 coming in 32 Premier League appearances, although nine of them came in just 20 starts.
Solanke's season was beset by injury, meanwhile, with Spurs' record signing before the arrivals of Fernandes and Tonali only managing 12 starts, scoring six goals.
And while Spurs may be in the market for a new No.9, it is Solanke who has already shown, despite the lack of minutes last season, that he can be the answer to De Zerbi's problems...providing he is fit.
Speaking about Solanke during Spurs' pre-season tour of New Zealand and Australia, De Zerbi said: "I like him as a player, I like him as a guy. There are not many strikers better than Dom Solanke in the Premier League.
"I think he changes the quality of performances depending on the confidence he feels. First of all, we have to finish the transfer market and then we speak better about Solanke.
Anyway, I want to keep him, because I like him as a player, he's complete as a striker. He can attack the space, he can cover the ball, he's able with the ball to link, he's able to score 15 to 20 goals in the Premier League.
Solanke will run and run, pressing high and working hard for his team, something De Zerbi demands in his players at a very basic level. And he has shown, with six goals in 12 starts last season and 16 goals and eight assists in 37 starts in 2024/25 that he can be the main man for the Italian.
In fact, he is one of the most accurate strikers in the Premier League, according to the stats.
His numbers for 2025/26 are skewed somewhat by his lack of minutes, but it is clear when he gets chances he scores them, according to StatsMuse at least.
Spurs have been linked with the likes of Mateta and Thiago in this window, as they look to add firepower to their attack. With question marks over Richarlison's future, and with Solanke still seemingly not fit, De Zerbi cannot make the decision not to sign another centre-forward.
However, when he is fit, it is clear to see that in Solanke, De Zerbi has a striker who can do exactly what he needs him to do.