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Tottenham's next striker solution could be 2 breakout gems in Italian football

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Tottenham Hotspur are in need of a new striker as their current options are not meeting expectations, with Dominic Solanke being a particular disappointment. The team is looking to address this issue in the January transfer window. Omar Marmoush and Dejan Kulusevski may fill the role temporarily, but a more permanent solution is being sought.

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Tottenham Hotspur are in need of a new striker as their current options are not meeting expectations, with Dominic Solanke being a particular disappointment. The team is looking to address this issue in the January transfer window. Omar Marmoush and Dejan Kulusevski may fill the role temporarily, but a more permanent solution is being sought. Established strikers are unlikely to be available, so Spurs may have to consider alternative options.

Two potential targets for Tottenham are Antonio Raimondo and Gustavo Varela, young strikers playing in Serie A. Raimondo has scored 8 goals in 10 starts for Frosinone, while Varela has scored 9 goals in 9 games for Monza, with the latter also demonstrating strong dribbling and chance creation skills. Both players are considered promising and could potentially be superior to Solanke.

While signing either Raimondo or Varela would be a gamble, they are proving themselves in a top European league and are young enough to develop further. Varela is considered the more promising of the two, being younger and demonstrating a more well-rounded game. Both players could be considered by Tottenham as potential replacements for Solanke in the long term.

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Tottenham Hotspur need to sign a new striker. As the shots come pouring in but the goals come trickling out with defenders outscoring forwards, Spurs are realizing that they may simply be a truly great No. 9 away from being Premier League title contenders - or they may only be a simply decent scoring striker away from that status. Dominic Solanke was the only player on the pitch against Crystal Palace who did not have a good game, and that alone was enough for Spurs fans to come to a collective realization that he is not nearly good enough - of course, if they had not already felt that way before.

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