Tottenham Hotspur are still looking for a striker two years later after spending what was then a record fee for Bournemouth No. 9 Dominic Solanke, the failed Chelsea and Liverpool prospect who had scored 19 goals out of nowhere for the Cherries after never scoring more than seven in a single top flight season at any level, setting that high water mark for lowly Vitesse in 2015/16.
Although Solanke joined Spurs in 2024 with a lot of optimism and had some nice moments in helping the club win the Europa League in historic fashion last year, the former England international still only mustered nine goals and three assists.
Last season, Solanke was even worse. Though he had one brilliant game in the Champions League against Borussia Dortmund, that pretty much carried his season. The 28 year old's form badly tailed off, bottoming out just at the exact time that Spurs were fending off relegation.
Dominic Solanke is a bigger disaster than he looks
With only three goals in the Premier League, Solanke was only saved by the fact that loan signing Randal Kolo Muani scored even fewer goals in signficantly more minutes as a monumental transfer flop from PSG and arguably the worst striker in the entire Premier League.
But Kolo Muani was a one year loan deal Spurs can move on from. Dominic Solanke was a record signing two years ago who has injury concerns, can't hit the barn door, can't get into scoring positions, and did not even register a single assist after only three in the 2024/25 season despite being touted as an all arounder at striker, which is the reason why he cost 65 million pounds in the first place - and why he still plays.
With Roberto De Zerbi taking over, striker is still a huge need for Tottenham Hotspur, and a new Bournemouth star in the younger and much more promising Eli Junior Kroupi is on the radar, though the Cherries may not make him available at all after qualifying for Europe and hiring Marco Rose to manage the team next.
Spurs are stuck with Solanke at striker, and they have basically spent 65 million pounds on a backup player who cannot score in the double digits in the Premier League. They are back to square one, and Solanke, at 28, has no real future upside or resale value; his 19 goal season with Bournemouth in 2023/24 is probably as good as it gets, and he may never even get back to that at this stage of his career either.
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