Although signing a new striker isn't seen as a priority for Tottenham after the club spent 65 million pounds on Dominic Solanke from Bournemouth last summer, Spurs manager Ange Postecoglou's praise for the new No. 9 shouldn't be taken as a clear sign that the position is 100 percent settled.
Solanke is a good striker who has stepped up in important games, but he isn't a top scorer. And with Richarlison potentially on his way out this summer with former club Everton interested, Spurs may not want to go into the 2025/26 season with Solanke, who is not a primary goal-scorer, as their only option at the No. 9.
Ideally, a cheaper market opportunity will open up for Tottenham, and a report from GiveMeSport's Danny Rust and Dean Jones seems to indicate that could be the case. Per GiveMeSport, Juventus striker Dusan Vlahovic could go to Tottenham this summer for as little as 20 million pounds, because the Bianconeri are keen on getting rid of the perenially disappointing big man.
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While Juve ideally want 35 million pounds, a lack of interest and the fact that Vlahovic has just one year left on his contract after this season could force the Old Lady into taking a lot less for the Serbian international.
Tottenham's former executive Fabio Paratici had great success with bringing former Juventus players to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Spurs have signed Radu Dragusin, Rodrigo Bentancur, Cristian Romero, and Dejan Kulusevski from Serie A over the last couple of years, and Vlahovic would the biggest name get yet.
Interestingly enough, Vlahovic used to be mentioned as a top striker transfer target for Arsenal, who are still in the market for a new No. 9. But Arsenal were understandably unwilling to spend big in transfer fee and wages for Vlahovic. Now that Vlahovic could be out of Juventus at a cheaper rate after a rock-bottom season at the Allianz Stadium, Arsenal seem to be more interested in more in-form options like Viktor Gyokeres and Benjamin Sesko.
Arsenal's lack of interest in Vlahovic could be Tottenham's gain. If Daniel Levy and Co. are interested in taking a bit of a gamble on Vlahovic now that his price could be discounted, they could reap the benefits and be the ones to regain the form of a 25-year-old striker who, in theory, should be one of the world's best No. 9's at this point in his career.
Vlahovic is a great technical player with above-average athleticism, sharp finishing, lethal free kicks, and underrated all-around play. There was a point in his career just before he joined Juventus that he was the second-hottest up-and-coming striker in world football after only Erling Haaland, who is a literal Premier League record-breaker and treble-winner for Manchester City.
Asking Vlahovic to reach those heights is probably too much, and the stench of his up-and-down tenure in Turin is admittedly concerning. But anyone who has watched both Vlahovic and Juventus play knows that it isn't all down to the striker. A former 17-goal forward at the age of 21 in a half-season with Fiorentina before moving to Juve, Vlahovic could be a world-class transfer at just 20 million pounds.