Tottenham Hotspur are not getting the most out of their forwards this season, but that is also because their strikers have not been able to help the team out. Besides summer transfer deadline day loan signing Randal Kolo Muani, the other No. 9's in the Tottenham squad have been total disasters.
Anyone viewing Richarlison as a net positive just because he has bumbled his way to the Spurs top leading goal scorer was given a harsh reality check against Brentford. Horrid as usual, Richy tamely crossing the ball into the keeper's hands on a breakaway with the hard working Kolo Muani wide open was a microcosm of the often mindless and maddeningly inconsistent performances of Richy, who seems to play the game as if he is a team of one.
Tottenham are going into the winter transfer market as, once again, a team locked in the bottom half of the Premier League table, and whlle the left wing position is seen as their biggest need, they do technically have two decent players with a lot of long term value in that position between Wilson Odobert and Mathys Teyl.
Tottenham only have one legit striker
Meanwhile, at striker, all Spurs have is Kolo Muani, and he is on borrowed time as a loan signing from PSG. Richarlison is someone Spurs need to get rid of expeditiously if they are serious about winning, while Dominic Solanke is basically a net zero at this stage.
So Tottenham need to strongly think about signing a young striker who can help the team score goals now and potentially be the definitive solution for the next decade. And it looks like Spurs are indeed showing an interest in a great young striker who has been subtly floated in transfer rumors this season despite already making a move this past summer.
According to a report from the Daily Mail's Simon Jones, Tottenham Hotspur have checked in on Levante striker Etta Eyong as a possible signing this winter transfer window. It is surprisingly the first time Eyong has been concretely linked to Spurs, and while other Premier League clubs have been whispered in general, Barcelona is the only big club strongly linked with the current La Liga star.
Eyong is becoming a much more coveted name now, too. He flies under the radar at Levante, a small and struggling club, but he is getting more attention with his big performances for Cameroon at AFCON, where he has already scored despite only starting one of the three games.
Flying under the radar, Eyong is just 22 and transferred from Villarreal to Levante in surprising fashion. He is a good, clinical finisher with great athletic tools and fluidity, quietly scoring 5 goals in 12 games despite playing for one of the worst teams in Spain. He is one to watch for Tottenham.