Dominic Solanke to be ‘left in Bournemouth’ – Tottenham fans fume at deal
Dominic Solanke left a number of Tottenham fans fuming with his performance against former club Bournemouth.
Having missed Spurs’ 1-1 draw with Fulham last time out with illness, the striker returned to the side for that clash with the Cherries on Thursday night (5 December).
After scoring 77 goals in 216 appearances in a five-and-a-half-year spell before being sold to the North London for £65million (Sky Sports), the 27-year-old would have been keen to impress against his old club.
However, things did not work out that way as Tottenham slipped to a 1-0 defeat that has seen them fall to tenth in the Premier League table, so soon after thrashing champions Man City 4-0 at the Etihad (23 November), with many supporters particularly disappointed with Solanke’s anonymous showing.
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While Solanke has shown some signs of the excellent form he produced for Bournemouth last season during the current campaign, he did not do that against the Cherries here.
The striker had a chance early on when he got the better of 19-year-old centre-back Dean Huijsen to get one-on-one with goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga.
However, he then fired way off target in an area where he would expect to score, and was unable to find anymore openings in the game.
He was instead kept quiet by the likes of Huijsen – who went on to score the only goal of the game -and Illya Zabarnyi.
That left many Spurs fans ruing the big-money transfer, with one suggesting it made them a “joke club”, and another hoping the ex-Cherries man was left back at his former side.
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