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French football journalist Julien Laurens spoke to the Football Daily podcast about Tottenham's number nine issue:"There is a lot to like about Tonali, Van Hecke and Mateus Fernandes. Of all of their recruitment, I thought the Marmoush signing was a little bit strange. He is a great forward, who is versatile, but he's a striker who needs another striker with him. He had his best season at Frankfurt when it was two up front with Ektike and that was never going to be the case at Spurs.
"Instead of a number nine that will score you 20 to 25 goals a season and who is a very good finisher, they got a guy who is really good but needs another forward with him. I don't think we will see Solanke and Marmoush play centrally together.
"Maybe they can sign somebody else in January because we have already seen a lot of frustration from De Zerbi about the lack of efficiency Spurs have shown. He is a fascinating character who can lose his mind very quickly - I wonder if some of those Spurs forwards who have underperformed in front of goal have had the 'hairdryer treatment'."
When asked who the club could look to sign in January, Laurens said:"Nicolo Tresoldi from Club Brugge. He is a highly promising player who has been very good in Belgium - which is a good platform to go to one of the 'big five' leagues. For somebody like him, you don't have to go and spend £140m. You can find some interesting number nines who are good finishers for not too much money."
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