Tottenham Hotspur are still active on the transfer market for reinforcements in attack.
The North Londoners have had so many injury issues this season. The problems in defence have cost them the most, but they have been without quite a few of their attackers as well.
Dominic Solanke is currently out injured, as are the likes of Brennan Johnson, Wilson Odobert, Timo Werner and James Maddison.
That is why Ange Postecoglou would like to sign a new attacker in this window, and the Spurs boss is said to be a fan of one Premier League player.
Ange Postecoglou is a ‘big admirer’ of Brentford star Bryan Mbeumo
Bryan Mbeumo is having a phenomenal season for Brentford.
The Cameroon international has scored 14 goals and provided three assists for the Bees in 24 Premier League appearances this season, which is an excellent return.
A number of Premier League clubs like Arsenal have been linked with a move to sign Mbeumo over the last few months.
Now, Alasdair Gold has revealed on Football London that Tottenham boss Postecoglou is a ‘big admirer’ of the Bees right winger too.
However, it has been claimed that ‘Brentford have batted away speculation that they will allow the 25-year-old to go anywhere’ in this window.
There will be a long queue of suitors for the attacker in the summer – even Thierry Henry thinks Mbeumo will leave Brentford for a bigger club.
It remains to be seen if Tottenham will try their luck – either ambitiously on deadline day or in the summer.
Tottenham target Mbeumo has been compared to two superstars
Mbeumo’s stock has shot up this season and rightly so.
The Cameroonian has been Brentford’s best player and is among the most effective attackers in the Premier League.
Martin Keown knows a thing or two about great forwards having played with the likes of Thierry Henry, Ian Wright and Nicolas Anelka, and the pundit compared Mbeumo to Arsenal star Bukayo Saka and Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah.
Speaking on TNT Sports (January 1, 2025, 5:05 pm), Keown said: “I mean look, he’s doing his work and this looks like Salah, doesn’t it? Like Saka, he’s in that kind of mould.
“These wide-area strikers now, they’re not central, they’re out on the wing with great pace about him and I think he’s probably the most underrated player in the Premier League.”