Tottenham winger Manor Solomon spent the 2024/25 season on Leeds United, where he played a crucial role in helping the Championship club win the second division on goal difference and achieve repromotion to the Premier League.
Pretty much every single news item that has transpired since the final weeks of the season has indicated that Solomon doesn't have a long-term future with Tottenham Hotspur but is valued highly by Leeds as a key attacking starter who can help them stave off relegation in the 2025/26 Premier League season.
In a recent twist, though, The Sun's Tottenham beat writer Tom Barclay reports that Spurs are now thinking about giving Solomon a second chance and bringing him back to the first-team squad next season.
Tottenham fans will no doubt see that report with a heavy dose of skepticism due to its sudden nature and the fact that it runs in opposition to what most Tottenham and national Premier League transfer insiders and beat reporters have been relaying.
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It's also not entirely implausible while it is mildly concerning. Solomon is a decent left winger who bagged 10 goals and 12 assists last season in the Championship, but those numbers were also made in 30 starts and 39 total appearances in the English second division.
Considering the level of competition, those numbers would be significantly lower in the Premier League - halved in an optimistic outlook. A total of a maximum of five goals and six assists for a starting Premier League winger is quite low, and it would be significantly less productive than the other Tottenham starting wingers - not to mention Solomon's diminished all-around capacity.
Winger is a big need for Tottenham next season, and bringing back Solomon takes away a spot in the squad and wage space that could be utilized on, say, signing the much more promising Mathys Tel permanently. Solomon would also need minutes against lower-level teams to be happy - minutes that could otherwise go to higher-upside players like Wilson Odobert who is about five years junior to the Israeli international.
While Solomon isn't a bad player, he's a Leeds-level player, and a sudden twist in the saga that would include Tottenham keeping him could be seen by fans as a concerning sign that Daniel Levy will be going for the cheapest option possible instead of upgrading towards Champions League competitiveness. Solomon is someone Spurs can easily sell for around 15 million pounds to Leeds, and that's money they can use to chip in for a bigger winger who can actually make a difference in a competition like the Champions League.