Tottenham Hotspur are starting to regret the then record 65 million pounds they paid to Bournemouth in 2024 for striker Dominic Solanke, who was just about the worst profile Spurs could have picked to replace the legendary Harry Kane.
A chronic underperformer who happend to have a fluky season with a career best goal scoring mark in 2023/24, Solanke has been missing in action since, credited with helping the club in the Europa League despite being a fairly mediocre tap in merchant even a couple of steps below Brennan Johnson, who was mercifully sold last January.
Although Richarlison seems more out than Solanke despite leading Spurs in Premier League goals last season, many fans would prefer to see Solanke gone, especially if they can somehow make a good sale to another English club that still believes in his talent.
Dominic Solanke can't be relied on
The problem is that Solanke is not easy to sell both because his numbers have been terrible and also because his injury record is a big problem. He took forever to get fit to start the 2025/26 Premier League season, and then he got injured again by the end of it.
And now, Chris Cowlin reports that during the Tottenham Hotspur preseason tour in Australia, big Dominic Solanke could be seen limping around the hotel room the day before the game after the club's training session.
So while everyone thought Mateus Fernandes was injured at training and were worried about the star signing from West Ham United, it turns out a less important and more familiar face to the injury report, Solanke, may have gone down.
Now, it is probably just a minor thing and neither Roberto De Zerbi nor any more attached news sources have commented on it, but it would be par for the course for Solanke to have picked up an aggravation of something previous or a minor nick.
Solanke's latest injury worry is a reminder that the former England national team striker is just so difficult to rely on for a variety of reasons. He cannot score goals, he is not consistent from month to month or even season to season, and he is rarely ever healthy. Solanke carries the criticisms Destiny Udogie does on the injury front being in and out of the lineup, but the difference is Udogie stays because he is a top, top player when healthy and very consistent; Solanke has no availability or consistency despite great raw ability on paper.
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