At £20m, Tottenham need to reignite reported summer interest in Liverpool star

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Spurs are expected to become active in January, after failing to do so in the summer.

Tottenham Hotspur’s failure to bring any players to north London this summer has been well-documented, with chairman Daniel Levy being criticised for his lack of outlay. But he could be about to change that in January.

Spurs are in need of a new central midfielder, one to replace Mousa Dembele as a long-term replacement with the Belgian looking more and more likely to be offloaded as his contract expires at the end of the season.

But perhaps more importantly is bringing a new striker to Spurs to act as Harry Kane’s back-up. Vincent Janssen tried and failed during 2016-17, while Fernando Llorente hardly improved the situation last season.

Spurs need a quality striker that will fit the Spurs system, something Janssen and Llorente have failed to do. It should see them reignite their reported interest in Liverpool ace Divock Origi, after reports this week.

The Independent claimed that Spurs were interested in the 23-year-old back in the summer of 2017, and now he has been reportedly transfer listed by Jurgen Klopp’s side.

The Liverpool Echo have reported that amid interest from Everton in Belgium international Origi, Liverpool will demand a fee of £20million for a player that simply needs assurances over game time to finally get going.

At Tottenham, it is pretty crystal clear. No, he will not be first choice, but he will still manage to make 20-25 appearances a season either as a substitute, in the Carabao or FA Cup, or while Kane is injured.

Origi will not do that at Liverpool. Despite the sale of Danny Ings, Origi remains behind Roberto Firmino, Daniel Sturridge and Dom Solanke in the pecking order – he has managed one appearance for the Under-23’s this season.

Though £20million is quite the shock, it is arguably cheap in today’s current climate and for a striker that has proven he can score in the Premier League regularly, Spurs have simply got to land the former Lille man.