Bryan King doesn’t understand why Tottenham would want to sign Ipswich Town striker Liam Delap in January.
The ex-Spurs scout also doesn’t think it would make any sense for the Tractor Boys to allow Delap to leave midway through the season.
According to CaughtOffside (22 October), Spurs are interested in a potential January move for Delap, with Ipswich Town set to demand more than £30million.
However, King – speaking exclusively to Tottenham News – couldn’t see any more happening until the summer of 2025.
“They’ve just signed a striker from Bournemouth for £60million-plus,” King said.
You’ve got Richarlison and Solanke. You wouldn’t be looking to bring in another striker until at least next summer unless someone left Spurs in January.
However, then it depends on if Ipswich Town are willing to sell him. I think they’re going to have problems in the Premier League.
Therefore, the one guy scoring your goals, why would you want to sell him? That would be bad business, in a season where they’re trying to survive.”
Tottenham to try and sign Ipswich Town striker Liam Delap?
Delap has made an impressive start to life in the Premier League, with the 21-year-old having already scored four times for Ipswich Town
However, that doesn’t mean Spurs need to sign him in January. With Dominic Solanke having only recently arrived as the club’s record-signing, and Richarlison still on the books, signing another striker would be unwise.
The club also have Will Lankshear breaking through as well as Alejo Véliz and Dane Scarlett, who are both out on loan. Therefore, Postecoglou should remain focused on these players.
The Australian has enough striking options as it is, and £30million could be better used if it was put toward a signing in a different position.
In other Tottenham news, the club want to sign a Real Madrid player as a behind-the-scenes update emerges.
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Tottenham go into their game with Crystal Palace this weekend knowing they could do with a win to get their European push back on track a bit.
So far this season, Tottenham have been typical of what we’ve seen from them in the last few seasons, with some impressive performances ruined by some equally dire ones.
Still, Ange Postecoglou is remaining confident in his methods and after picking up a win in Europe in midweek, he’ll want another to follow it up with at Palace.
Youngster Mikey Moore once again impressed for Tottenham in Europe and he could get another chance at Selhurst Park this weekend.
Of course, Oliver Glasner is desperate for a win himself. Palace has been in woeful form and the pressure is on the manager already.
And according to Alan Shearer, that pressure is once again going to impact proceedings this weekend.
Alan Shearer predicts the result of Crystal Palace v Tottenham
Making his predictions for the weekend for The Metro, Shearer got onto the subject of Tottenham against Crystal Palace.
And according to Shearer, there’s only one winner in this game.
It feels like any game is a big ask for Crystal Palace with the form that they’re in at the moment,” Shearer said.
“They can’t seem to score, the manager is under pressure, and it certainly hasn’t gone as anyone would’ve liked or hoped.
“Tottenham are strong in forward positions, scoring another four last weekend and I think they’ll have enough for Crystal Palace and take the three points at Selhurst Park.”
Tottenham could end Glasner’s Palace spell
It’s quite remarkable that just eight games into the season we are talking about a manager losing his job but this is the life of a Premier League manager.
For Oliver Glasner, who impressed so much last season, the shock of seeing his Palace team do so badly must be making him scratch his head.
Yes, they lost Michael Olise in the summer but they also managed to keep hold of Ebere Eze and Marc Guehi.
However, that doesn’t seem to have helped too much and ultimately, Tottenham and Ange Postecoglou could end up being his last stand if the performance isn’t right.
