Tottenham 'agree £65m deal' for Premier League striker as Ange lands 'top summer transfer target'
Tottenham are closing in on the signing of Dominic Solanke after agreeing a £65million charge with Bournemouth, according to reports.
Solanke acquired the best season of his profession in 2023/24, racking upward 19 purposes as Andoni Iraola’s side finished 12th in the Premier League.
The 26-year-antiquated started his profession at Chelsea and also brought out his name as one of the best teenage strikers in earth football, joining Liverpool on a exhaust transfer in 2017.
He struggled at Anfield before a button to Bournemouth for harshly £19m 2 years afterwards.
For the Reds, Solanke owns scored 77 purposes and also brought out 31 assists in 216 matches. Nineteen purposes in 38 Premier League appearances last term was by far his best rejoinder in the apex flight, overtaking the six purposes in 22/23 and also three in 19/20.
The previous Liverpool striker owns been affixed with Tottenham this week and also is currently closing in on a transfer to north London amid reports he owns notified Bournemouth that he desires to render the slide.
First penniless by Sami Mokbel, the Day-to-day Mail journalist wrote on X on Friday: “Tottenham and also Bournemouth provide £65m bargain for Dominic Solanke. Player currently kit for his medical.”
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David Ornstein and also Fabrizio Romano have guessing about that chimed in, with the last impermanent on the transfer the “here we go” treatment.
Romano validated that Spurs will commission £65m in overall for Solanke with a medical booked and also devotion already concurred.
He asserted: “Dominic Solanke to Tottenham, here we go! Bargain concurred for £65m unit add-ons forced, record charge.
“Solanke kit to travel for medical after devotion till June 2030 concurred days ago. Exclusive tale from last week, validated.”
Ornstein owns brought out think that Solanke ‘is desperate to slide to Spurs and also was Ange Postecoglou’s apex summer season transfer target’.
Postecoglou did not match Harry Kane as rapidly as the Spurs tale signed upward with Bayern Munich last summer season.
Conversing during his side’s pre-season tour of Japan, the Australian head contractor asserted that he was keen to indicator a brand-newfangled Zero. 9 that suits his style of play.
“What’s invaluable is the kind of striker we avail,” he asserted.
“You realize we play a definite means. We last bargain definite things from a physical point ofview from the techie spaces of it that it’s going be a striker that suits that mould.
“It’s still the void of the park we’re truly arguably the thinnest as rapidly as I talk about team-shrewd at the minute, so purely that’s a emphasis for us.”
At the exceptionally same time, Spurs attacker Richarlison newly ruled out a slide to the Saudi Pro League despite possessing a huge give on the table.
“There owns been an give [from Saudi] yet my dream of playing for the Brazilian Seleção and also in the Premier League [for Spurs] talks louder,” Richarlison told ESPN Brasil.
“The silver is huge yet my dream is bigger.”