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Dropping Harry Kane was all the time going to be vastly problematic for Spurs, and much more so for then-new supervisor Ange Postecoglou.
The hard-hitting Aussie was appointed Spurs boss in June final 12 months, simply weeks earlier than Kane’s transfer to Bayern Munich was confirmed.
Failing to signal a substitute for the talismanic striker in that very same window, Postecoglou was tasked with discovering an answer for the England worldwide’s output final season.
And regardless of lacking out on Champions League qualification after ending fifth within the desk final season, the Greece-born supervisor earned the reward of many and was closely backed throughout this summer season’s switch window.
Ange Postecogkou desires Viktor Gyokeres to develop into Spurs’ subsequent record-signing
Signing a number of gamers, together with Dominic Solanke from Bournemouth for a reported £65 million, Postecoglou made the 27-year-old Spurs’ file signing.
Nonetheless, although signing Solanke has up to now confirmed to be a smart move, Spurs, based on Fichajes, are out there for one other hitman with Postecoglou focusing on a participant that might value as much as £83.5 million (€100 million).
Sporting Lisbon’s Viktor Gyokeres has lengthy been touted as Europe’s subsequent huge factor.
Scoring 54 targets in simply 59 appearances, the 26-year-old Sweden worldwide, who arrived from Coventry simply over one 12 months in the past, has grown to develop into one of many continents’ most prolific forwards.
And the striker’s type has unsurprisingly led to hyperlinks to a number of the sports activities’ largest golf equipment, together with Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain.
Nonetheless, with Spurs the newest facet to affix the occasion — Postecoglou hopes chairman Daniel Levy will proceed to again his imaginative and prescient as he appears to tug off what can be Spurs’ second record-breaking signing in as many home windows.
