Tottenham are reportedly signing a brand new centre-forward forward of the January switch window, which opens in simply over a month’s time.
It has been a promising begin to the season for brand spanking new supervisor Thomas Frank on paper, along with his new-look Spurs facet remaining undefeated within the Champions League and fifth within the Premier League desk. Nevertheless, it’s price nothing that a couple of of their on-field performances have left quite a bit to be desired up to now.
The north Londoners have been booed off following an abject 1-0 dwelling defeat to Chelsea within the London derby lately, ending the 90 minutes with only one shot heading in the right direction all sport as Frank’s facet continued their atrocious dwelling type.
Spurs have gained simply three of their final 20 Premier League matches on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, and Frank’s solely high flight victory on dwelling turf stays that 3-1 win at dwelling to league newcomers Burnley on the opening weekend.
The Dane has attracted some criticism over Tottenham’s ‘one-dimensional’ model and severe lack of creativity in open play, however he hasn’t been helped by a plethora of accidents to key attacking gamers.
Tottenham absentee listing | Drawback | Estimated return date (topic to alter) |
|---|---|---|
Dejan Kulusevski | Knee | 29/11/2025 |
James Maddison | ACL | 01/06/2026 |
Radu Dragusin | Knee | 22/11/2025 |
Ben Davies | Thigh | 23/11/2025 |
Kota Takai | Ankle/Foot | 23/11/2025 |
Mohammed Kudus | Knock | 23/11/2025 |
Randal Kolo Muani | Jaw | 23/11/2025 |
Yves Bissouma | Ankle/Foot | 23/11/2025 |
Lucas Bergvall | Concussion | 23/11/2025 |
Dominic Solanke | Ankle | 23/11/2025 |
Archie Grey | Calf/Shin/Heel | 23/11/2025 |
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Playmaker James Maddison will miss virtually all of the 2025/2026 season after rupturing his ACL in pre-season, whereas final season’s second high scorer and club-record signing, Dominic Solanke, continues his gradual restoration from what was a ‘minor’ ankle drawback.
Solanke is outwardly ‘unlikely’ to return for this weekend’s pivotal North London derby as properly, leaving Frank to as soon as once more name on both the out-of-form Richarlison or Mathys Tel to steer the road.
Studies counsel that Frank views Richarlison and Solanke as ‘expendable’ members of his Spurs squad, and Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport believes that Tel is ‘sad’ at Tottenham with a possible mortgage transfer to Roma on the playing cards in January.
These claims will gas different stories that Tottenham are prioritising the signing of one other centre-forward.
Former Brentford striker Ivan Toney, who’s been in red-hot type for Al-Ahli since his 2024 transfer to the Center East, is believed to be on each Fabio Paratici and Johan Lange’s radar forward of January.
Tottenham maintain ‘preliminary talks’ to signal Ivan Toney
Whereas the England worldwide outcast has bagged 41 targets in 59 appearances for the Saudi Professional League facet, he is largely been excluded from Thomas Tuchel’s Three Lions squad, bar the one call-up earlier this 12 months.
With the 2026 World Cup looming, it’s believed that Toney may instigate a return dwelling to extend his possibilities of returning to the England fold.
Based on TEAMtalk, the 29-year-old has already knowledgeable Al-Ahli of his want to go away in January, and Spurs have taken the lead within the race for his signature.
Frank views him because the ‘scientific’ striker that Spurs have to propel them in the direction of main silverware, with Tottenham holding ‘preliminary talks’ over signing Toney, who’s additionally prepared to take a seismic 50 per cent pay reduce on his rumoured £427,000-per-week wages to make a transfer occur.
Ivan Toney’s all-time stats for Al-Ahli | Complete |
|---|---|
Appearances | 59 |
Objectives | 41 |
Assists | 8 |
Bookings | 7 |
Purple playing cards | 0 |
Minutes performed | 4,796 |
Toney bagged 20 Premier League targets in his greatest season at Brentford beneath Frank, with the tactician labelling him England’s second-best striker behind Harry Kane on the time.
“Ivan is wonderful in lots of, many points,” Frank mentioned in 2023.
“The way in which he copes with stress and distractions is wonderful. He’s been scoring targets, performing for the crew and driving the crew. He’s outstanding.
“I can solely speak in regards to the Ivan that I see every single day across the place and he’s a incredible particular person across the group. He’s acquired that distinctive emotional intelligence to pay attention to all of the gamers, and each employees member.
“Ivan trains properly and he’s clearly the quantity two striker in England, that’s confirmed by his targets and performances.”
Different stories declare that Al-Ahli worth him at round £30 million for a everlasting deal and Toney has already ‘straight’ spoken to Frank a few transfer to Tottenham.
Nevertheless, a mortgage deal could also be extra possible attributable to issues surrounding what can be a really massive tax invoice if Toney comes again to England completely so quickly after arriving within the Gulf.
