When the January transfer window opens up in a matter of hours, Tottenham Hotspur are fully expected to be one of the most aggressive teams on the market at upgrading their attack, specifically the left wing position. And if Spurs do not go hard after a clear upgrade in that spot, the fan base will be deeply disappointed.
Spurs have been lacking in goals for years, and now that Son Heung-min is gone, too, Tottenham do not have a proven goal scorer at the Premier League level. Their leading scorer right now is Richarlison, who, in all honesty, is someone Spurs should be looking to upgrade next summer.
In the meantime, Spurs need to make a splash on the left wing now to bring in someone who is more ready to contribute in the short term than Mathys Tel and Wilson Odobert while still offering the kind of long term upside and star power that Spurs need in order to compete with the best teams in the Premier League.
Even better than Antoine Semenyo
After striking out on Antoine Semenyo, who seems destined to join Manchester City, Tottenham are quietly eyeing an even better left wing option and a player who is most likely the very best left winger who could conceivably transfer in 2026.
According to a report from the Daily Mail's Matt Barlow, Tottenham Hotspur are indeed among the clubs interested in Juventus superstar Kenan Yildiz, who is one of the biggest young attacking talents in world football. The Turkish international's agent Jorge Mendes is strumming up the transfer interest hard ahead of a possible move away from Juve, and like so many clubs, Tottenham rate the young man highly.
Yildiz leaving Juve is almost hard to believe, given the club quickly gave him the No. 10 and anointed him as the heir to Alessandro Del Piero. But given how poor Juve have been over the years and the dwindling market power of Serie A as a whole, especially compared to the Premier League, you can maybe see why, driven by Mendes, Yildiz could be ready for a move out of Turin.
Arsenal have been pushing the hardest in the background for Yildiz, and while Tottenham fans know all too well the sting of losing out on top targets to their North London rivals, that alone cannot be a deterrent to going after a truly special player. Yildiz is just 20 years old with 10 goal contributions in 15 starts for an awful Juventus team, and he would waltz into Tottenham as their best attacker.