Spurs among those linked with Danny Ings but striker is not what they need and should they really be targeting Liverpool cast offs in any case?
Ings is ready to reluctantly leave Anfield after three injury-ravaged years at the club, as the one-time England international searches for regular first team football.
Burnley, Crystal Palace, Newcastle United, Southampton and even Inter Milan are said to be among the other teams keepings tabs on the 25-year-old.
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What Spurs need?
Tottenham are still searching for an adequate backup for Harry Kane with both Vincent Janssen and Fernando Llorente having failed to fill the role over the past two years.
Yet is Ings really that man, with four goals in 25 appearances for the Reds since 2015 and unlikely to get consistent game time in North London with Kane clearly the first choice in the number nine role?
Not that the Englishman is a bad player, but signing him would see Spurs make the same mistake as they did with Janssen and Llorente. Rather than targeting someone in a similar mould to Kane, but lacking the quality, they need a forward who operates in a different style.
That is why reports from the Mirror linking them with a move for Manchester United’s Anthony Martial make much more sense.
Also, are the North Londoners really in the position anymore of acquiring players not deemed good enough for Liverpool having finished above their Premier League rivals in the final table for the past four seasons?
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