Robinson fears ‘under the radar’ transfer blunder may haunt Tottenham this season
Paul Robinson fears not signing a striker in the transfer window will come back to haunt Tottenham this season.
Speaking exclusively to Football Insider, the former White Hart Lane number one said the club’s failure to sign another centre-forward has “gone under the radar” because of Harry Kane’s transfer saga.
Spurs managed to keep hold of their talisman Kane despite two bids in excess of £100million from Manchester City this summer.
However, they will be a striker shorter than last season after Carlos Vinicius returned to Benfica following a season-long loan spell in north London.
Robinson insisted Spurs are light up top even though Son Heung-min and Steven Bergwijn can play as makeshift strikers.
“It’s gone under the radar [the failure to sign a striker],” he told Football Insider‘s Dylan Childs.
“A lot of people have missed the fact that Spurs have not signed another striker.
“Vinicius has gone back because he was only on loan last season. To let Vinicius go without replacing him could be an oversight by Spurs.
“All of the talk in the last window was about – what if Harry Kane gets injured? When he was injured last season they struggled and they did not score goals.
“Yes, Son and Bergwijn can play there but they are not out-and-out number nines like Kane.
“People have forgotten about that because of all of the hype surrounding the potential Kane transfer and other deals. There is no direct cover in that area.”
In other news, Kane ‘will never trust’ Levy again after Tottenham reveal from talkSPORT.