Why Tottenham don't need Victor Osimhen or Nicolas Jackson after £65m transfer decision

Tottenham Hotspur person nary pressing request to motion a caller striker amid links with Nicolas Jackson and Victor Osimhen, an ex-Spurs goalkeeper has exclusively told Sports Mole.

The Lilywhites person 4 recognised centre-forwards connected the books successful Dominic Solanke, Richarlison, Mathys Tel and Dane Scarlett, though the second is improbable to person a semipermanent aboriginal astatine the club.

Meanwhile, Tel has mostly been stationed retired wide during his clip successful North London, portion Richarlison is successful the last 12 months of his declaration and Solanke missed 35 games crossed each competitions done wounded successful the 2025-26 campaign.

Spurs' striker uncertainty has led to speech of a caller fig 9 arriving this summer, though Tottenham are not expected to determination for Chelsea's Jackson, who comes with a £65m terms tag.

Galatasaray's Osimhen is valued astatine the aforesaid amount, but erstwhile Tottenham goalkeeper Brad Friedel believes that some Solanke and Richarlison person plentifulness to connection adjacent season.

"You bash person to look astatine existing strikers archetypal arsenic Solanke tin acceptable into the benignant of play for De Zerbi," Friedel told Sports Mole. "Also, Richarlison is different subordinate who has shown helium is susceptible of scoring goals successful the Premier League."

Can Dominic Solanke acceptable Roberto De Zerbi's Tottenham?

Solanke made conscionable 3 appearances for De Zerbi's Tottenham past play - against Sunderland, Brighton & Hove Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers - and failed to registry a extremity oregon assistance successful immoderate of them.

It was against Wolves that Solanke sustained his season-ending muscular injury, but the 28-year-old and De Zerbi person already talked each different up, the erstwhile affirming that his manager's attack-heavy benignant suits a striker of his ilk.

De Zerbi besides hailed Solanke arsenic 1 of the champion strikers successful the Premier League past season, and the £65m antheral mostly fits the measure successful presumption of what the Italian is looking for from his fig nine.

The 6ft 1in Solanke is simply a physically combative striker with intelligent link-up play and the quality to clasp up centre-backs, which would besides let immoderate imaginable caller wingers to chopped successful connected the attack.

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Spurs suffered retired wide past play owed to the superior injuries sustained by Mohammed Kudus, Wilson Odobert, Xavi Simons and Dejan Kulusevski, the second of whom is lone conscionable backmost successful afloat grooming aft missing the entirety of 2025-26.

With Mikey Moore apt to beryllium loaned retired and Manor Solomon expected to beryllium sold, Tottenham are successful the marketplace for a caller winger and are moving to reason a £60m woody with Manchester City for Savinho.

Spurs person besides been credited with an involvement successful Ibrahim Mbaye of Paris Saint-Germain, and Friedel is assured that either would beryllium a suitable acceptable for De Zerbi's team.

"Looking astatine immoderate additions, past immoderate of them tin enactment astatine Spurs; a caller manager successful his archetypal afloat play tin bring caller ideas aft the erstwhile season's struggles," the American added.

Tottenham are backmost successful pre-season enactment connected Saturday against Getafe astatine Hotspur Way, earlier hosting Hoffenheim astatine the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium connected August 15.

Brad Friedel was speaking to Sports Mole connected behalf of Dragonbet Football Betting.