Mauricio Pochettino has relied on Harry Kane at the spearhead of his attack in seasons gone by, but with little by way of quality back-up for Tottenham’s talisman there is a suggestion that he will suffer from burnout. 

Kane has been forced to refine his game during his career thus far, as the dynamic sprints which once enabled him to burst beyond defenders have slowly started to elude him. The diminishing importance of his physical ability has not equated to a diminishing goal scoring return, but one does get the feeling that his form is somewhat unsustainable if he is not provided with genuine support.

Fernando Llorente and Vincent Janssen are clearly not Tottenham standard, and that leaves Pochettino with just Son Heung-min and Lucas Moura to chose from at centre-forward. Both of whom are natural wingers by trade and do not represent long-term solutions to cover Kane in the event of a serious injury, so Pochettino should be scouting the market for a new centre-forward in the coming months.

Ideally, Tottenham should be looking towards a player who can offer something genuinely different in attack, and one talent who matches that description is Napoli’s Arkadisuz Milik. Napoli signed Milik from Ajax in 2016 for a fee of £28.8 million, and he has scored 18 goals from 53 appearances since he set foot in Naples.

Now, that record is not particularly groundbreaking, but it must be considered that Milik is a centre-forward who is at his most effective when linking up with his fellow attackers, and his set of characteristics would allow the likes of Son, Lucas and Dele Alli to thrive in the final-third.

Milik, 24, is still establishing himself at the top level and he undoubtedly has another level to reach. His performance in the Champions League against Liverpool in September proved that he possesses a big-game mentality, as his hold-up play was vital in allowing Dries Mertens and Lorenzo Insigne to run riot in Liverpool’s defensive third.

Tottenham ultimately need to sign an alternative to Kane, whether that be in January or next summer, and Milik is exactly the type of player who Pochettino should be targeting.

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