Ange Postecoglou says Tottenham will look to bolster their attacking options in the next two transfer windows as they struggle to cope with a string of injuries.
Postecoglou hopes Dominic Solanke will be fit to face his former club Bournemouth tomorrow night after missing Sunday’s 1-1 draw with Fulham, but he continues to suffer the cracks in a squad lacking real threatening.
Son Heung-min played as a central striker at the weekend, flanked by Timo Werner and Brennan Johnson.
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Spurs are without the injured Richarlison, Wilson Odobert and teenager Mikey Moore leaving Postecoglou with a problem he hopes to rectify, possibly in January.
He said: “Yeah, there’s no doubt about it, because when you add Wilson to it, even Mikey, we had Dom out at the weekend, you hope that’s a relief.
“With Wilson it’s long term, hopefully Mikey by the turn of the year will be back as well but he’s 17. With Richy it’s been disappointing because I see the potential in him and to be fair when he’s fit he’s always made an impact, for me anyway. I think back to the start of last year and when he came back into the team during the year he went on to a number of points.
“Even the little games he’s played this year, he’s made an impact. Well, you know, that’s what you’re kind of holding on to, but there’s no doubt that we need some reinforcements in that front third over the next couple of transfer windows.
“Dom’s entry was great, but again we can’t overload him because ultimately even if he stays fit and nothing happens, performance will always drop if his energy levels drop. So it’s something we know and have to plan for.”
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Postecoglou ready for the battle of Bournemouth
More pressing is the need to get back to winning ways at the Vitality Stadium with the result against Fulham disappointing given Spurs’ performance in the 4-0 win at Manchester City last weekend.
“It’s a Thursday-Sunday cycle for us pretty consistently,” Postecoglou added.
“Monday is a recovery day for the guys and yesterday training with the guys who didn’t play most of the game.
“They’ve all recovered well, no problems from Fulham and we’re ready to go for a big game tomorrow.
“They have beaten City and Arsenal at their place. They are one of those sides where they have a real consistency in performance and approach so you know you are in for a battle. I’m really looking forward to it.”
We are improving – Postecoglou
Tottenham’s inconsistency continues to hinder their progress, but Postecoglou reiterated his belief that his side are improving.
“We’re making progress in all aspects of our game,” he said. “We’ve scored a lot of goals, but defensively, we’re a lot more consistent than last year. The fact that we have several significant absences is something we have to work on.
“We had a very similar scenario last year and it’s fair to say we kind of worked our way through it and we’re doing it right now. We can improve in all aspects of our game, but at the same time, we are showing progress in areas that we felt we needed this year.
“We’ve obviously had a couple of games where we haven’t been great in executing our football, those two games in particular against Palace and Ipswich we felt we fell short of what we wanted to do. That’s probably again an area where we’ve tried to improve, but other than that, it’s progress across the board.”
