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Dominic Solanke completes medical ahead of £65m Tottenham move

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After Dominic Solanke completed his medical, Tottenham and Bournemouth reached an agreement on a £65 million deal for the striker.

Spurs will pay an upfront payment of £55 million, with incentives of up to £10 million available. Ange Postecoglou, the manager of Spurs, has focused on center-forward depth this summer.

He is anticipated to attend Saturday’s preseason match between Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and Bayern Munich after inking a six-year contract.

The game will see Spurs’ former target man and captain – Harry Kane – return to the club for the first time, alongside Eric Dier.

Gurusprovince also understands 26-year-old Solanke had a £65m clause in his contract if a big Premier League club came in for him.

Liverpool could pocket themselves £10m in additional transfer funds if Spurs secure the signature of Solanke thanks to a sell-on clause. He played for the Reds 27 times during the 2017/18 campaign.

Solanke – who scored 19 Premier League goals last season – missed Bournemouth’s pre-season friendly with Rayo Vallecano last weekend due to a foot injury.

Solanke was named the team’s most important player by Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola in an interview with Sky Sports earlier this week.

“It’s obvious, Dom is the most important player for us. But the numbers are there,” Iraola added.

“It’s not [just] about the goals, he helps us a lot in the build-up, the press. He doesn’t have big weaknesses for us, he makes us a much better team.

“I feel like he’s happy here. We cannot control everything, we don’t know how the market is going to finish but whatever happens he is a top professional.”

Dominic Solanke compared to Richarlison on last season's stats

Dominic Solanke compared to Richarlison on last season’s stats

Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou highlighted the need for another centre forward option when he told football.london: “You know we play a certain way. We demand certain things from a physical perspective from the technical aspects of it that it’s going be a striker that fits that mould.

“It’s still the area of the park we’re really probably the thinnest when I talk about squad-wise at the moment, so obviously that’s a focus for us.”

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