SON Special Partner =1 Ndombele? Will Tottenham be able to succeed in its plan to save Son Heung-min...'19 Goal FW Dislikes to Pay 110 Billion'+'"Reviewed at 87 Billion'

Aug 06, 2024

Tottenham is considering putting in a transfer fee to recruit Son Heung-min's partner.

Britain's Give Me Sports reported on the 6th (Korea time) 'Dominic Solanke wants to join Tottenham'

This summer Tottenham want reinforcements in various positions. Among them, striker is the position coach Enze Postecoglou is most desperate to recruit. Work to fill the void of Harry Kane, who left the team last summer, is essential. During the 2023-2024 season, Son Heung-min and Hishalisson struggled as one-top players, but it was difficult to completely fill the void of top striker Kane.

Initially, various players such as Ivan Toney, Santiago Jimenez and Jonathan David were mentioned, but it was Solanke who Tottenham was paying attention to. Solanke led Bournemouth's frontline attack last season with 19 goals in the league alone. Solanke's performance was so great that Son Heung-min also finished in a lower league scoring position than Solanke last season with 17 goals.

Give Me Sports said: "'Tottenham is looking for a new striker and Solanke has emerged as a target. Reporter Paul O'Keefe, who reports on Tottenham's internal news, also said that the player longs for a transfer to Tottenham. Postecoglou also wants to sign Solanke, who can add scoring and English Premier League (EPL) experience to Tottenham.

Tottenham is reluctant to pay 65 million pounds (about 110 billion won), his buyout, even though they are interested in recruiting Solanke. The problem is that the Bournemouth club are currently in an advantageous position as his contract expires in the summer of 2027', explaining that Tottenham are mulling Bournemouth's demand for buyout payments.

Tottenham also has no choice but to consider investing a huge transfer fee, apart from the reason why Solanke is needed. This is because there are not many successful cases among the recent cases of investing huge transfer fees. In 2019, he transferred to Tottenham with 65 million pounds (about 110 billion won), the highest transfer fee ever, and received tremendous expectations, but there was a case of Tanguy Ndombele that never showed a match for expectations, and Hishalisson, who recorded a similarly high transfer fee, was below expectations.

In this situation, Tottenham is also concerned about investing huge transfer fees to Solanke, who has already failed in big clubs Chelsea and Liverpool. Give Me Sports explained that Tottenham wants to recruit Solanke for a lower amount, saying, `Tottenham values Solanke at 50 million pounds (about 87 billion won).

Meanwhile, considering Solanke's strengths, he is more expected to work with Son Heung-min when he joins Tottenham. Solanke is a player who shows the ability of a hexagon on the front line, and has strengths not only in the physical part, but also in various areas such as the ability to hold and hold the ball, connection, side penetration, and participation in defense. With speed and shooting ability, he can show enough destructive power in the front line with Son Heung-min.

If Solanke joins, Son Heung-min is also expected to play a strong role on the left side, where he can show his strengths by forming a new duo. Already at the end of last season, there were many claims that Son Heung-min should return to the left side. In the British media, Enze Postecoglou should find a way to return Son's form to its best. He also claimed that Hishalisson's selection allows him to see Son's movement to the left, which could be the key to finding Son in his best form. Postecoglou also showed signs of contemplating a tactic to put Son Heung-min back on the side, including using Dejan Kulusevski as the front line during the pre-season this summer.

Tottenham is immersed in recruiting a new striker to save Son Heung-min. Attention is also focusing on whether Solanke, who has been mentioned as a candidate, will really join Tottenham and work with Son Heung-min.

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