The River Plate goal machine has been heavily linked with Tottenham Hotspur for some time after scoring for fun in his native Argentina.
If you’re looking for a small nugget of information to give you a small insight into the talents of reported Tottenham Hotspur target Lucas Alario, consider this; the 24-year-old has been a regular in Argentina’s star-studded strikeforce in 2016, his form deemed impressive enough to condemn Mauro Icardi to a watching brief.
In fact, the River Plate goal machine has now earned more caps for his homeland than the Inter Milan talisman, regardless of 52 goals in his last 88 appearances in the Catenaccio-steeped Serie A.
Dubbed the ‘number nine of the future’ by national team coach Edgardo Bauza, per Football Italia, it’s testament to Alario’s potential that he’s sharing a squad with Lionel Messi, Gonzalo Higuain and Sergio Aguero.
It was a potential that current club River Plate spotted a mile off. The rising star of South American football arrived at one of Argentina’s biggest clubs to replace the legendary Fernando Cavenaghi in 2015, Alario wasted no time in scribing his name into the illustrious side’s history.
Scoring 16 goals in just 32 games in a league renowned for its gnarly, cynical defensive tactics, Alario’s all-round excellence and line-leading ferocity inspired River to their third Copa Libertadores title.
The Irish Independent claim that Spurs, managed by former Albiceleste defender Mauricio Pochettino, are more than interested in Argentina’s next great goal machine and you can see why.
Harry Kane may be fit and firing at present but, with the much-maligned Vincent Janssen continuing to toil and failing to find the net from open play all season, Alario’s physicality and dead-eyed finishing makes him the perfect Premier League predator.
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