Tottenham Hotspur have made the biggest signing of any other Premier League side so far this summer with Dominic Solanke.
Ange Postecoglou‘s side did not get off to the perfect start as many may have expected on Monday night after being held to a draw against newly-promoted Leicester City.
Despite having made the £65m signing of Solanke, Tottenham were forced to rely on their right-back Pedro Porro to provide them with their only goal of the game.
Goals were an issue for Spurs towards the back end of last season and the notion of signing a new striker will have been expected to solve that.
Although it is only one game into the new campaign, Tottenham have already experienced an issue with their big money summer signing.
And after what has happened elsewhere, there may well be some questions as to whether they made the right decision to sign Solanke.
Dominic Solanke has already sustained Tottenham injury
Following the game on Monday against the Foxes, it has been revealed that Solanke is already going to be sidelined through injury.
Postecoglou has admitted the striker picked up an ankle knock during the game which is going to see him miss Saturday’s clash against Everton.
And it seems as if the 26-year-old is not a guarantee to return for the game against Newcastle United ahead of the international break.
“It’s not serious enough to keep him out for five weeks, he’s still got a chance for the Newcastle game. That’s the extent of it, it’s just about how quickly he recovers,” Postecoglou told football.london.
Tottenham also targeted Sporting CP’s Viktor Gyokeres
Solanke was not the only striker who Spurs had on their radar this summer with Sporting CP’s Viktor Gyokeres also of interest to Tottenham.
The ‘incredible‘ Sweden international has received a lot of interest from across Europe this summer but there may have been questions as to whether he was worth the extra money over Solanke.
It would have taken Spurs to pay around £86m this summer to land Gyokeres and he is a player who does not hold the Premier League experience which Solanke does.
And that is something which was important to Postecoglou who made the demand to Daniel Levy that a striker with Premier League experience was signed.
Viktor Gyokeres scored hat-trick on Friday night
With clubs watching on as Gyokeres has not sealed a move away from the Portuguese side this summer, the striker showed exactly what he is capable of on Friday night.
Sporting are now three games into their 2024/25 campaign and Gyokeres has already scored six goals and provided an assist.
Three of those goals came on Friday night in Sporting’s 5-0 victory over Farense which doubled his tally for the campaign.
Given Spurs are now facing a few weeks without their big money signing, looking at the start to the new campaign Gyokeres has made may have a few inside the club questioning whether Solanke was the right decision.
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