Tottenham Hotspur fans aren’t asking for the next Harry Kane, but they do at least want to see their teammates play with sharpness and purpose.
However, Tottenham have struggled to find any form of attacking excitement this season, and it has contributed to the threat of relegation from the Premier League.
Although a ridiculous number of injuries played a significant role in the demise, Spurs’ decline was inexcusable. Tudor need to get a song out of their strikers in the coming months, and that could mean dropping Randal Kolo Muani after scoring a brace in the North London derby.
Why Spurs must offload Kolo Muani
It was great to see Kolo Muani score against Arsenal. Back under Tudor’s management again, the former Juventus loanee picked up where he left off.
That now stands at six goals in 12 games in the Croatian-led campaign, and suggests he will continue to get more chances until the end of the season.
However, Dominic Solanke cut a sad figure when he returned to the bench. Could a 27-year-old’s body be an asset in the first place?
It doesn’t seem likely that Kolo Muani will play his football in north London next season, and with Solanke being one of the team’s bright sparks since returning from injury in January, a strong midfielder with a keen eye for goal, he will be expected to start games going forward.
Solanke is a proven Premier League striker, and one of the most expensive players in Spurs history. Tottenham must keep faith in him.
On top of that, Tudor may want to start giving one of the club’s most exciting young players a chance, a striker who could drive the final nail in the Kolo Muani deal.
Spurs youth could replace Kolo Muani
Tottenham have a rich youth system and must ensure that they eliminate all these concerns by entering the second division.
To help them avoid that threat, Tudor will want to release Mason Melia, who signed for the Londoners from St. Patrick’s Athletic in a deal worth £3m over a year ago and completed the move at the start of January.
Melia is only 18 years old but has already become a striker in her country of Ireland. With a tall and leggy frame and power to match his pace, the young goalscorer has been described as the “Irish Alexander Isak” back over the Irish Sea.
Liverpool’s star striker is not having a great season, but he joined them from Newcastle United for a British record £125m last summer, and his dangerous finishing and effective movement in the box combine with an array of physical attributes that have secured him world class.
Aggressive and eager to take on responsibilities, he is truly dangerous and can play with a dedication to the contest that some of his senior team-mates have failed to muster in recent months, which is a defining part of the collapse.
Tottenham fans can say that their club is in danger of losing it. Their identities are less clear than before. Loanees such as Kolo Muani look out of place – the Frenchman was called “lazy” by journalist Kyle Freeguard during last month’s Champions League win over Borussia Dortmund – but a youngster like Melia, who has started life at the club at the academy, could go a long way in boosting spirits.
Whether he will go on to create a legacy similar to the likes of Harry Kane remains to be seen, but Melia has been described as having a style of play similar to one of the Premier League’s best, and in this case, he could be a potential replacement for Kolo Muani, who is set to leave this summer.
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Tottenham’s all-time record players |
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The player |
Applications |
Goals |
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Harry Kane |
435 |
280 |
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Jimmy Greaves |
376 |
266 |
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Bobby Smith |
316 |
211 |
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Heung-min Son |
454 |
173 |
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Martin Chivers |
350 |
167 |
Whether Tottenham have what it takes to come back from this crisis and establish themselves in the Premier League remains to be seen. However, there is no doubt that the current crop does not cut the mustard, and although Melia is young and inexperienced in the English game, he has played a lot of football in his country and has the natural finishing ability to make an impact as an understudy to Solanke.
Next Kane? Such talk is premature. Yes, with an Isak-esque style about him, he has what it takes to make his presence known this season.
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