Even though Dominic Solanke was dreadful to close the 2025/26 Premier League season and has not been remotely worth the record 65 million pounds Tottenham Hotspur spent to sign him from Bournemouth in the summer 2024 transfer window, the calls from some Spurs fans to get rid of the No. 9 are likely to be met with silence from within.
Solanke did have a great Europa League knockout stage in the 2024/25 season and had a nice purple patch after first returning from a lengthy foot injury last season, but those are not the reasons why Spurs are likely to keep him this summer.
New manager Roberto De Zerbi was able to get the most out of several players by the end of the 2025/26 season, including the likes of Conor Gallagher and Joao Palhinha in midfield, whom many had written off after their poor performances under Thomas Frank and Igor Tudor. Solanke, at least, had some really good games at one point upon his return, including in the Champions League against the Bundesliga's second best team, Borussia Dortmund.
Roberto De Zerbi needs to work with Dominic Solanke
De Zerbi will want to work with Solanke closely this summer and see what he has in the England international, and before Solanke suffered another injury that officially and prematurely ended his 2025/26 Premier League campaign, the England international was the Italian manager's striker of choice.
Dominic Solanke also has an advantage because of what is around him. Tottenham need to be bringing in a new striker, not selling the only striker with a stable future. Time is winding down on when Spurs can sell Richarlison, and while he was the clear leading scorer last season, the fact that he was better than Solanke last season does not necessarily mean he is the better striker going forward - and the all around play Solanke has over Richy is an advantage De Zerbi must consider.
With clubs from Saudi Arabia and Turkey presumably still interested after Richarlison led Spurs in goals, now is the time to sell. And since Randal Kolo Muani is leaving back to PSG on loan after one of the worst striker seasons in Tottenham history, that would leave Solanke being the last man left.
So it makes more sense for Roberto De Zerbi to keep Solanke, see what he has in him, and work with the player tactically and personally in training while landing a striker with more of a killer instinct in front of goal to compete with him. It makes less sense to sell and create an even bigger need at arguably Spurs biggest position of need overall.
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