Tottenham Hotspur are desperate for a new striker this summer and their ongoing pursuit has seen them revisit a former target of Mauricio Pochettino's...

What's the word?

According to L'Equipe, Spurs could be prepared to offer €15m (£13.8m) for Metz forward Habib Diallo before the transfer deadline on October 5th.

They claim that the 25-year-old is desperate to leave the Ligue 1 outfit to join the Premier League, especially the north London outfit, who are his priority.

A few weeks before his sacking, ex-Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino was keen on signing the Senegalese talisman in a £10m deal, though Chelsea were also thought to be keen, per TEAMtalk.

Second time lucky?

Well, it's certainly no secret that Jose Mourinho needs another option to Harry Kane this window and perhaps Diallo offers a cheap solution.

The 6 foot 1 powerhouse provided 12 goals and three assists in Ligue 1 last season, which included strikes against Monaco and Yann M'Vila's Saint-Etienne, via Transfermarkt.

He captained Metz for the majority of those matches, but this term, he's been condemned to the bench and last time out, he didn't get a single minute on the pitch.

Diallo has followed in the footsteps of Sadio Mane and Ismaila Sarr, and could well become the next to make the step into the English top-flight if Spurs manage to clinch him this summer.

Former teammate Franck Signorino believes the 25-year-old is "a good forward, holds up the ball well, and he's effective with his head" whilst his coach Vincent Hognon added: "He's a guy with every quality going. You know how much I love him. I'm surprised he hasn't found a club matching his stature. I see his quality in his movement, the way he keeps the ball, in a huge amount of things."

As a late bloomer like Wolves' Raul Jimenez, the Senegalese striker has also been dubbed a "phenomenal finisher" who is also class aerially by WonderScouting.

Diallo has even been likened to Emmanuel Adebayor due to his physical movement on the ball, so perhaps that's exactly what Spurs need to be second fiddle to Kane.

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