Tottenham new recruit Dominic Solanke showed off his top-notch ‘social life’.
British media ‘HITC’ reported on the 12th (Korean time) that ‘Solanke surprised two Tottenham players as soon as he signed.’
Solanke, who joined Tottenham on the 10th, praised Tottenham’s captain and vice-captain Son Heung-min and James Maddison immediately after signing.
HITC evaluated that ‘Solanke, who graduated from the Chelsea Academy, is scheduled to make his debut in an away game against Leicester City next weekend. Tottenham has significantly upgraded its squad by recruiting Solanke.’
Last season, Solanke scored 19 goals, 2 more than Son Heung-min, while playing for AFC Bournemouth, a lower-ranking Premier League club.
HITC expected that ‘If Solanke plays with better players, he will definitely show a more advanced performance than when he was at Bournemouth.’
According to HITC,
Solanke praised Son Heung-min and Maddison as soon as he entered the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
HITC expected, ‘The new Tottenham player praised both players as soon as he entered the Tottenham gates. Tottenham are in for a very exciting season. This will raise the level of excitement.’
HITC explained, ‘Solanke was enthusiastic about Son Heung-min. He described him as a fantastic player. Maddison was the best player.’
Solanke said, “Son Heung-min is obviously a fantastic player. He has consistently played his part in the Premier League for many years. There are a lot of players with great qualities throughout the team. I am looking forward to playing with such great players at a big club like Tottenham. I am looking forward to getting to know them.”
Solanke continued, “Maddison has been with me for some time with the England national team. He is a top player and is definitely a great player. 안전놀이터 He is a familiar face. I am looking forward to meeting the rest of the players.”
Solanke’s transfer fee is known to be a whopping 65 million pounds (about 113 billion won). It is the highest transfer fee ever for Tottenham.
The previous record was 63 million pounds (about 110 billion won) when Tanguy Ndombele was recruited in 2019. The transfer fee paid to Everton when Richarlison was recruited in 2022 was 60 million pounds (about 105 billion won), which is 2nd place.
Initially, Tottenham was not willing to pay the full 65 million pounds.
Tottenham attempted to negotiate by offering 50 million pounds (about 87 billion won).
However, Bournemouth had no regrets because Solanke’s contract with Bournemouth still had 3 years left. In the end, Tottenham raised both hands.
Tottenham did not sign a successor for a year after selling Harry Kane to Bayern Munich in the summer of 2023.
Richarlison did not live up to expectations. Son Heung-min filled the gap, moving between the left and the center. However, Son Heung-min was not enough.
Tottenham acknowledged that the front-line striker was their weakest position and decided to strengthen it through the transfer market this summer.
In addition to Solanke, Ivan Toni (Brentford), Santiago Jimenez (Feyenoord), Jonathan David (Lille), and Victor Osimhen (Napoli) were mentioned. Tottenham have traditionally chosen players with good cost-effectiveness, but this time it was different. Toni and Jimenez David could both be brought in for less than £40 million, but they chose Solanke.
