As the January transfer window officially opens for business, Tottenham Hotspur will be scouring the market for the best available attacking options who can both materially help their squad in the here and now while offering a similar long term value proposition as recent permanent signings Mathys Tel, Xavi Simons, and Mohammed Kudus.
Of course, pretty much every other top club in the Premier League will be looking at the same criteria, which is why Spurs were already soundly beaten to Bournemouth star Antoine Semenyo. Manchester City are firmly expected to seal the Ghanaian international's signature soon, but with that, Spurs are hoping it will open up the potential signing of a Manchester City winger to them.
The main goal targets are Savinho and Omar Marmoush. Savinho was Tottenham's favored winger target at the end of the summer market, but Man City were not open to selling after their dreams of signing Rodrygo Goes faded into dust. Marmoush would be a more ideal fit as a goal scoring left winger, but although he has been cast even more on the periphery of the squad this season - and would seemingly be left out entirely with the addition of Semenyo - there is no indication he is up for grabs yet.
The third man for Tottenham
Meanwhile, the 22 year old winger Oscar Bobb has been mentioned as a third attacker from Manchester City that could interest Tottenham, and it sounds like the Citizens are open to letting the youngster spread his wings elsewhere.
Fabrizio Romano and others have been reporting of active interest around Europe in Bobb, with Borussia Dortmund - not Tottenham - pushing the hardest to sign the player. And based on what Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has to say in response to the rumors, via Fab, it does not sound like he is too worried about Bobb making his exit.
Guardiola said of Oscar Bobb and the Dortmund links, Oscar Bobb and Borussia Dortmund in talks? You can ask Oscar, not me…"
That quote probably sounds familiar to Premier League supporters, because it is similar to what Pep Guardiola always says when there is someone linked with a move away from Manchester City whom the Spanish manager does not want to keep around.
Most of the time, Guardiola and Man City do not regret the players who exit, though there are circumstances where a young talent who cannot get into the side ends up blossoming elsewhere. Cole Palmer is the most prominent example of that.
Bobb probably is not that caliber of a player, and Tottenham will want to aim higher and wait to see if Marmoush or Savinho could possibly become available. He will likely suit Dortmund a lot better, but Bobb is still someone worth keeping on the radar as a possible depth option if nobody better arises.