Tottenham Hotspur played a very exciting style of football under Ange Postecoglou, but they should be just as exciting with arguably more attacking efficacy after the hiring of Thomas Frank, who led Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa to a combined 39 Premier League goals last season after losing his previous best forward, Ivan Toney, to Saudi Arabia.
Frank is already pushing to bring Mbeumo with him to Tottenham, and Brentford teammate Wissa could join him, too. There's also Eberechi Eze an a host of other big-name attacking players in the Premier League who are expected to pique the interest of Frank this summer.
But Frank will also be expected to develop the players currently under Tottenham's books and maximize their productivity. After securing a potential bargain deal to keep Mathys Tel around at N17 permanently, Frank will have to take stock of the other players in the Tottenham attack, especially those on the bubble.
One of those players on the bubble is Manor Solomon, who played a key role in Leeds United's promotion from the EFL Championship last season and had succes at Shakhtar Donetsk before that. Although he's generally been expected to leave Tottenham this summer, it appears Frank isn't ready to cut him loose without taking a closer look himself.
According to new information from talkSPORT reporters Alex Crook and Ben Jacobs, Solomon is actually going to start the pre-season with Tottenham, because Frank wants to evaluate him and give him a fair shot at cracking the official 2025/26 season squad. This is Solomon's chance to make an impression on Frank and stay with Spurs for at least one more season, avoiding a permanent transfer to Leeds or elsewhere.
It's a huge chance for Solomon. While it's far from a guarantee and competition is stiff, Solomon could like his chances if Son decides to leave for Turkey and Saudi Arabia and Daniel Levy ends up signing nobody else, besides Tel, for the left wing position.
Solomon does his best work from the left wing, and he's a good athlete with goal-scoring upside. Ultimately, Tottenham should probably aim higher than Solomon, but if the 25-year-old ends up blowing the former Brentford manager away in practices and preseason fixtures in in the coming month, then it's going to be difficult to deny him a spot on the squad. Frank has worked wonders with the forwards at Brentford over the years, and maybe the new coach is what Solomon needs to have a breakthrough.