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Tottenham may have to look outside the top leagues for the ideal, affordable young scoring threat

Worth a punt?
ByJoe Soriano
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Tottenham Hotspur need goals more than anything else, and they need them now. The only potential scoring option Spurs signed this past summer transfer window, Omar Marmoush, has so far revealed himself to be more of a supporting striker than a real No. 9 with just one goal scored thus far. Dominic Solanke, the team's main No. 9, has been, by far, the worst player on the team. And Richarlison literally is not in the squad after a brutal falling out with Roberto De Zerbi after his transfer to Everton completely collapsed.

Spurs are going to need to sign a real scorer at the striker position in the winter. There are two dream options Spurs have in mind in Victor Osimhen and Eli Junior Kroupi, but due to cost and the importance to their teams, they are unlikely to move in the winter. And if Kroupi were to move, the main target for the Lilywhites, it could very well be to PSG in his native France instead of Tottenham.

Nicolo Tresoldi is an option for Tottenham

Perhaps the best secondary option for Spurs is a player who could come at around half the price but is arguably an even better pure scorer in Nicolo Tresoldi. The Italian and German international is the latest sensation from Club Brugge, and given how well the older and less rawly gifted Christos Tzolis has transitioned from the Belgian top flight to rivals Arsenal thsi season, in addition to other phenomenal young players from Brugge or other big Belgian clubs recently to big European leagues, Tresoldi could be a real gem.

He is off to a flying start this season as well with 8 goals in 10 games, drawing nearly two fouls per match as a clinical finisher and clear focal point. Now, Tottenham Hotspur, as other clubs, have found that signing proven Premier League players like Sandro Tonali, Mateus Fernandes, and Jan Paul van Hecke is the best way to go, but given the difficulty of the striker market these days and the prices and feasibility of deals for players like Eli Junior Kroupi, Tresoldi may be the best it gets in terms of an affordable striker who is both young and currently talented enough to actually score goals for Spurs.

Rumors are swirling of rivals Arsenal showing interest in Nicolo Tresoldi to solve their own pressing No. 9 issue, and Spanish giants Atletico Madrid could beat Spurs to another talented forward, as they did last winter with Ademola Lookman. Tresoldi is in demand, and while he is not all that cheap at 80 million euros, that is still at least 20 million and potentially even 50 million less than what Kroupi could cost and is about what the older (and more expensive on wages) Osimhen would cost.

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