According to The Daily Express, Tottenham have reignited their interest in VfL Wolfsburg striker Wout Weghorst.
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After the disappointment of losing their opening Premier League game of the season against Everton last weekend, Spurs have enjoyed a very successful week both on and off the pitch, first beating Lokomotiv Plovdiv in the Europa League, and then securing the return of Gareth Bale.
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Now, The Daily Express claim that the north London side still have hopes of adding a new number nine to their ranks before the close of the transfer window next month, and that having an expressed an interest in signing him in January, Spurs are back in for Weghorst.
The report adds that the Netherlands international is valued at around £27m, but Wolfsburg are willing to sell at the right price and are open to accepting a payment plan for him.
Perfect for Mourinho
For those Spurs fans who watched the All or Nothing documentary, then the episode featuring the club's chase for a new striker in the January transfer window revealed both Steve Hitchen and Daniel Levy revealing that Jose Mourinho wanted a specific type of forward ie. someone strong and physical.
In the 6 foot 6 man-mountain that is Weghorst, Spurs would be getting exactly that. The powerhouse naturally won his fair share of battles in the air last season in the Bundesliga, winning 58% of those duels. But whilst he's built like an old-fashioned target man, there is more to his game.
His teammate at Wolfsburg, Admir Mehmedi, said: "He runs a lot for the team and has a really strong mentality. I can't think of another player who is so crazy, in a positive way." One of the big concerns for Mourinho from last weekend's defeat to Everton was the kind of "lazy" work Spurs did when trying to get the ball back from the opposition, but Weghorst would bring that work-rate and energy.
And just like one of Mourinho's former strikers, Didier Drogba, Weghorst also has a clinical touch to go with his power-based game. He scored an impressive 20 goals in 43 games last season across all competitions, and as someone to ease the burden on Harry Kane, he could give the Spurs boss that something different he is said to be looking for.