Tottenham Hotspur have a major problem in attack.

Heading into the international break, Antonio Conte's side have failed to register a shot on target in nearly four hours of Premier League football, with their last goal coming over five hours ago.

Whilst no other team in the division is averaging fewer shots per game (10.1) than Spurs. Not even rock-bottom Norwich City (10.2) or either of the other two teams in the relegation zone.

That will be something the Italian needs to work on with the players he has left at Hotspur Way over the next ten days.

Perhaps it would be a wise decision to promote the Lilywhites' U23 goal machine Dilan Markanday to the first-team set-up as he could be a surprise fix to their woes - or at least he'll put the pressure on the likes of Harry Kane, Tanguy Ndombele and Dele Alli under pressure to perform.

Earlier this week, the 20-year-old gem was nominated for the Premier League 2 Player of the Month award for the third time in seven months after continuing his fine form in the competition.

Meanwhile, last week, he bagged his tenth goal of the season - in just as many games - as Spurs' youngsters drew with Brighton and Hove Albion's U23 side.

Despite this form, Markanday has only been given a 15-minute cameo in the Europa Conference League but he is deserving of much more than that.

The Barnet-born youngster also became a history-maker as the first British-Asian to play for the north Londoners and he's targeting a long and successful career at the club.

"The dream is to play for Tottenham for the next 15 years, playing every game, but obviously I know things might not work out and there are going to be ups and downs," he told journalist Jonathan Veal.

Back in 2019, football.london reporter Alasdair Gold made a comparison to former youth product Marcus Edwards, who Mauricio Pochettino once likened to Lionel Messi.

"Markanday has looked bright today. Have always felt he has a very similar running and dribbling style to Marcus Edwards," he tweeted.

Indeed, the youngster has been "scoring plenty" this campaign, so it's only right to promote him into the first-team and see if he can emerge as a secret weapon in the coming weeks and months.

Spurs' problems in the final third are evident and given the form he's in, it's worth a punt.

AND in other news, Fabrizio Romano reveals Conte's plans for January...